{"id":45608,"date":"2025-07-28T14:05:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=45608"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:05:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:05:34","slug":"whirling-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/07\/28\/whirling-around\/","title":{"rendered":"Whirling Around"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whirling-Around-Best-Of.mp3<\/a>
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\nWhirling-Around.mp4<\/a>
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[Intro]
\n(What I said)
\nKeeps whirling around
\n(In my head)
\nRound and round (going down)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nA complex subject
\nThat did perplex
\nIs now my object
\nWhich I reflect<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\n(What does it mean?)
\nTime to come clean<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\n(What I said)
\nKeeps whirling around
\n(In my head)
\nRound and round (going down)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\n(What does it mean?)
\nMan’s obscene machine<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nCalculus and physics
\nTo the mind is music
\nGiven half a chance
\nYou can watch ’em dance<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\n(What does it mean?)
\nTime to come clean<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\n(What I said)
\nKeeps whirling around
\n(In my head)
\nRound and round (going down)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\n(What does it mean?)
\nMan’s obscene machine<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\n(What I said)
\nKeeps whirling around
\n(In my head)
\nRound and round (going down)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\n(What I said)
\nKeeps whirling around
\n(In my head)
\nRound and round
\n(As it goes down)<\/p>\n

A SCIENCE NOTE
\nResearch and Development Incorporating Complex Social-Ecological Feedback Loops Within a Dynamic, Non-Linear System is an extremely complex subject. A small example of this complexity can be seen in the interaction of the Albedo Feedback Loop, Brown Carbon Feedback Loop, Freshwater-AMOC Disruption Loop, Permafrost-Methane Feedback Loop, Amazon Rainforest Dieback Feedback Loop, Sudden Sea Level Rise Pulses (“Cork Release” Events), Hydroclimate Whiplash, and Arctic Sea Ice Feedback.<\/p>\n

Lately, my deep reflection has centered on how tipping points have triggered self-sustaining feedback loops within the climate system. We knew this was coming–and now it is here. I was prepared for that part.<\/p>\n

What I could not fully envision was how quickly the interplay of these tipping points would ignite a domino effect–so, so fast.<\/p>\n

Now, I can see it clearly: the nonlinear, dynamic dance of economic, physical, and ecological systems in real time. This is pure math and science visibly unfolding, transforming abstract models into undeniable, measurable reality.<\/p>\n

Humans will accelerate the collapse of one of Earth’s most critical climate regulators, impacting global food systems, weather stability, and habitability.<\/p>\n

*<\/b> Our climate model<\/b><\/a> \u2014 incorporating complex social-ecological feedback loops within a dynamic, non-linear system \u2014 projects that global temperatures could rise by up to 9\u00b0C (16.2\u00b0F) within this century. This far exceeds earlier estimates, which predicted a 4\u00b0C rise over the next thousand years, and signals a dramatic acceleration of warming.<\/p>\n

Tipping points<\/a> and feedback loops<\/a> drive the acceleration of climate change<\/a>. When one tipping point is breached and triggers others, the cascading collapse is known as the Domino Effect<\/a><\/em>.<\/h3>\n

The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n

From the album “Upward<\/a>“<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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