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> That is actually the scariest thing about CO2. It's going to stay in our atmosphere for 100 of years. So even just stopping emitting is just about maintaining
by M2Ys4U 7y ago
> That is actually the scariest thing about CO2. It's going to stay in our atmosphere for 100 of years. So even just stopping emitting is just about maintaining the status quo.
And the worst part about that is the status quo is still warming.
We need to have a net reduction in CO2 levels in order not to blow past catastrophic temperatures.
- specialist 7y agoAnd that reduction needs to be greater than the increase from thawing tundra and burning forests. We could stop all anthropogenic sources of green house gasses and the atmospheric PPM will continue to increase.