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From the literature I’ve read, that doesn’t seem right. If we cut all emissions to zero by 2050, total temperature rise would be more like 2C afaik.
by nynx 4y ago
From the literature I’ve read, that doesn’t seem right. If we cut all emissions to zero by 2050, total temperature rise would be more like 2C afaik.
- moffkalast 4y agoI mean that's in the ballpark, few people agree on the exact numbers given that it depends on so many unknown factors. There's the oceans outgassing the CO2 they've absorbed so far, ice melting resulting in permanent greater sunlight absorption, clathrate gun, etc. The rule of thumb (iirc) is that 1C would be business as usual, 4C a Mad Max hell scape, and we'll likely end up somewhere in between. The closer to which side we'll be depends on how well we implement countermeasures... and how much luck we have.