Comments on: Smithsonian anthropologist Rick Potts answers questions about the Anthropocene http://smithsonianscience.org/2013/05/smithsonian-anthropologist-rick-potts-answers-questions-about-the-anthropocene/ News about the Smithsonian’s research in the fields of anthropology, astrophysics, conservation biology, geology, materials science, paleontology, zoology, and global climate change. Mon, 08 Dec 2014 08:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 By: AL YANCEY http://smithsonianscience.org/2013/05/smithsonian-anthropologist-rick-potts-answers-questions-about-the-anthropocene/#comment-25669 Wed, 14 May 2014 20:10:00 +0000 http://smithsonianscience.org/?p=26420#comment-25669 CARBOB ITEM

]]> By: Maggie http://smithsonianscience.org/2013/05/smithsonian-anthropologist-rick-potts-answers-questions-about-the-anthropocene/#comment-24674 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:35:00 +0000 http://smithsonianscience.org/?p=26420#comment-24674 Overall Warming has not plateaued George. The ocean is now storing much more of the additional heat than the atmosphere which means that it is stored for longer and does not benefit from radiating out into space. Please look further into the polar data and issues such as permafrost and black snow and then tell me the Earth is not warmer as a whole.

]]> By: George http://smithsonianscience.org/2013/05/smithsonian-anthropologist-rick-potts-answers-questions-about-the-anthropocene/#comment-24673 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:06:00 +0000 http://smithsonianscience.org/?p=26420#comment-24673 Then why has warming plateaued the last 15-20 years? Of course life on the planet effects Earth, but the Earth is not warming the way you say it is. Ask a meteorologist.

]]> By: Alvin Hutchinson http://smithsonianscience.org/2013/05/smithsonian-anthropologist-rick-potts-answers-questions-about-the-anthropocene/#comment-24401 Wed, 15 May 2013 15:54:00 +0000 http://smithsonianscience.org/?p=26420#comment-24401 A new journal, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene is now taking submissions.

http://elementascience.org/submission/

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