Ooooh — that sinking feeling!

authordefault
on

While the continents and oceans have absorbed much of the carbon dioxide that humanity has pumped into the atmosphere so far, they won’t be able to keep up with the expected rise in greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades.ย  Recent studies suggest that current estimates about natural absorption are too optimistic: Earth’s climate by century’s end could be on average up to 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F.) hotter than current โ€œbusiness as usualโ€ projections suggest.

Related Posts

on

The longtime Big Oil attorney has major ties to conservative legal groups.

The longtime Big Oil attorney has major ties to conservative legal groups.
Series: MAGA
on

CPAC GB partners with Bitcoin network as Reform leader comes under fire for industry connections.

CPAC GB partners with Bitcoin network as Reform leader comes under fire for industry connections.
on

More than a decade after Shell announced its Beaver County complex, new reports show the oil giantโ€™s promised economic revival failed, while pollution concerns now shape debates over proposed data centers.

More than a decade after Shell announced its Beaver County complex, new reports show the oil giantโ€™s promised economic revival failed, while pollution concerns now shape debates over proposed data centers.
on

Nearly two thirds of countryโ€™s pig and poultry farms leach polluting manure into lough that supplies half the region's drinking water, according to latest research.

Nearly two thirds of countryโ€™s pig and poultry farms leach polluting manure into lough that supplies half the region's drinking water, according to latest research.