The Southern Ocean around Antarctica is so loaded with carbon dioxide that it can barely absorb any more, so more of the gas will stay in the atmosphere to warm up the planet. Researcher Corinne Le Quere said: โWe thought we would be able to detect these only the second half of this century, say 2050 or so.โ But data from 1981 through 2004 show the sink is already full of carbon dioxide. โSo I find this really quite alarming,โ she added.
Trade groups lobbied ministers to promote a source of energy linked to massive environmental harms at the U.N. climate conference.
Agribusiness companies generate huge quantities of greenhouse gas pollution โ and PR companies help them obscure it.
Students from around the world attended the lobby groupโs carbon capture curriculum at the University of Regina in July.
Several senior staff members have gained entry without disclosing their real employer.
