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This doesn't state the fact that if we stop all emissions now, the temperature will keep rising because there is already too much CO2 in the atmosphere.
by mapleoin 7y ago
This doesn't state the fact that if we stop all emissions now, the temperature will keep rising because there is already too much CO2 in the atmosphere.
- mehrdadn 7y agoYeah, I recall hearing it'd take 500-800 years to stabilize if we literally stopped all emissions right now.
- singularity2001 7y agoEven with current emissions CO2 levels are periodically FALLING 6ppm each summer => Without emissions we would be back to normal in 30 years: https://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2013/05/mauna-loa-C02-ppm-full_record.png.860x0_q70_crop-scale.png https://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2013/05/mauna-loa...
- mehrdadn 7y agoIIRC it's falling because the oceans are taking the hit. I might be wrong about what exactly the figure was referring to, though -- might have been not just atmospheric temperature stabilization but other things too.
- sebazzz 7y agoDoes that mean it is hopeless in the same sense that it is hopeless to bulldoze Chernobyl and build a nice city there? (So not in our lifetimes)