{"id":42381,"date":"2025-03-26T11:56:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T11:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=42381"},"modified":"2025-03-26T11:56:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T11:56:26","slug":"risk-of-locking-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/03\/26\/risk-of-locking-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Risk of Locking In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XII\/Risk-of-Locking-In-0.mp3\">Risk-of-Locking-In-0.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XII\/Risk-of-Locking-In-0.mp4\">Risk-of-Locking-In-0.mp3&lt;4a><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XII\/Risk-of-Locking-In-I.mp3\">Risk-of-Locking-In-I.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XII\/Risk-of-Locking-In-I.mp4\">Risk-of-Locking-In-I.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XII\/Risk-of-Locking-In-intro.mp3\">Risk-of-Locking-In-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\n(Begin&#8230;)<br \/>\nThe risk of locking in<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nIf we delay<br \/>\nAnother day<br \/>\nWe just may<br \/>\nCause dismay<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n(Begin&#8230;)<br \/>\nThe risk of locking in<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nIndeed we feed<br \/>\n(Feedback loops)<br \/>\nAs if we need<br \/>\n(Two more scoops)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nYet we play<br \/>\nAnother day<br \/>\nNo change in way<br \/>\nExtreme forray<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\n(Begin&#8230;)<br \/>\nThe risk of locking in<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nIndeed we feed<br \/>\n(Feedback loops)<br \/>\nAs if we need<br \/>\n(Two more scoops)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\n(Now what&#8217;s been)<br \/>\nIs locked in<\/p>\n<p>A SCIENCE NOTE<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"1400\" data-end=\"1460\"><strong data-start=\"1407\" data-end=\"1460\">Feedback Loops and the Risk of &#8220;Locking In&#8221; 1.5\u00b0C<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"1464\" data-end=\"1723\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1464\" data-end=\"1545\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1466\" data-end=\"1545\">If emissions stay high, we will <strong data-start=\"1498\" data-end=\"1513\">permanently<\/strong> lock in warming beyond 1.5\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1549\" data-end=\"1723\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1551\" data-end=\"1723\">The real danger is that if we <strong data-start=\"1581\" data-end=\"1597\">delay action<\/strong>, crossing 1.5\u00b0C even temporarily <strong data-start=\"1631\" data-end=\"1674\">triggers irreversible climate feedbacks<\/strong>, making it impossible to return to safer levels.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Complex Feedback Loops:<\/strong><br \/>\nComplex feedback loops in climate science refer to interactions between different components of the Earth&#8217;s climate system that can amplify or dampen the effects of initial changes, leading to non-linear and often unpredictable outcomes. These feedback loops play a crucial role in shaping the behavior of the climate system and can influence various climate phenomena, including temperature changes, ice melt, and precipitation patterns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Tipping-Points.html\">Tipping points<\/a> are Critical Milestones that directly impact the rate of <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Climate-Change-Acceleration-Rate.html\">acceleration in climate change<\/a> by multiplying the number and intensity of <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/notes\/feedback-loops.html\">feedback loops<\/a>. Identifying and understanding these tipping points is crucial for climate science and policymaking. Crossing multiple tipping points has led to a <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Domino-Effect-Tipping-Points-Toppled.html\"><strong>domino effect<\/strong><\/a>, resulting in a much more rapid and severe climate change than currently projected.<\/p>\n<p><b>*<\/b> Our <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/index.html\">climate model<\/a> employs <b>chaos theory<\/b> to comprehensively consider human impacts and projects a potential global average temperature increase of 9\u00b0C above pre-industrial levels.<\/p>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/songwriter\/tag\/moving-target\/\">Moving Target<\/a>&#8220;<\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Risk-of-Locking-In-0.mp3 Risk-of-Locking-In-0.mp3&lt;4a> Risk-of-Locking-In-I.mp3 Risk-of-Locking-In-I.mp4 Risk-of-Locking-In-intro.mp3 [Intro] (Begin&#8230;) The risk of locking in [Verse 1] If we delay Another day We just may Cause dismay [Bridge] (Begin&#8230;) The risk of locking in [Chorus] Indeed we feed (Feedback loops) As if we need (Two more scoops) [Verse 2] Yet we play Another day No change in way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,14],"tags":[163,4110],"class_list":["post-42381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","category-daniel","category-lyrics","tag-climate-change","tag-moving-target"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42381"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42394,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42381\/revisions\/42394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}