As a scientist, what concerns me the most is what this continued rise actually means: that we are continuing full speed ahead with an unprecedented experiment with our planet, the only home we have. washingtonpost.com/news/energy-en…
If you'd like to learn more about paleoclimate analogues for today, and the implications for long-term temperature increase and sea level rise that makes what we've seen so far look like tiny little peanuts, see section 4.2.3 in my chapter, here: science2017.globalchange.gov/chapter/4/
It’s as if we discovered that something we eat every day is causing our body to run a fever and develop all kinds of harmful symptoms — and instead of cutting back, we right keep on eating it, more and more. If that isn’t alarming, I don’t know what is. mashable.com/2018/05/03/co2…
Atmospheric CO2 levels primarily reflect CUMULATIVE emissions, not ANNUAL.
Why is this impt? B/c even if we REDUCE our emissions, atmospheric CO2 will continue to rise as long as our emissions >> CO2 uptake by the biosphere + ocean.
That's why our emission target is NET ZERO!
Why is this impt? B/c even if we REDUCE our emissions, atmospheric CO2 will continue to rise as long as our emissions >> CO2 uptake by the biosphere + ocean.
That's why our emission target is NET ZERO!
