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Not only that, but it's cumulative, all the CO2 from the past century+ is not going away very fast.
by seiferteric 10y ago
Not only that, but it's cumulative, all the CO2 from the past century+ is not going away very fast.
- mikeash 10y agoRight, that's a big part of the lag. If climate change causes civilization to collapse, it'll still take decades or centuries for the built-up CO2 to drop back to normal levels. Plus the fact that emissions won't stop right away just because a bunch of people start starving.