There's a lot to respond to here, and I can't afford the time; but I'd like to add:

It's not so much what all the models "show," it's what the models don't show.

Models don't show any maintenance of stability in climate.
...or they do show "increasing instability," with any business-as-usual forcasts.

...also....
Originally Posted By: blog blather
"Self-regulating" Gaia?
Well, sure; but at what cost? Melting ice reserves, shifting oceanic and atmospheric currents, extinctions, and invasions contribute to "regulation" within one climate mode; but eventually, with too much need for "self-correction," the modes will switch....
...and I thought this seemed illustrative of a general direction for a response about models.

Last edited by samwik; 05/18/08 07:51 PM. Reason: regulation = self-correction
Pyrolysis creates reduced carbon! ...Time for the next step in our evolutionary symbiosis with fire.