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"The good news is that Europe is also leading the way in greenhouse gas emission mitigation efforts." Europe is leading the effort despite doing a shit job. Ho
by Jyaif 4y ago
"The good news is that Europe is also leading the way in greenhouse gas emission mitigation efforts."
Europe is leading the effort despite doing a shit job. How is that good news?
- NicoJuicy 4y agoThat's not the correlation I'm making. It's probably more related to the sea from ice melting, that it has more effect to Europe than the rest of the world. There are multiple ways it could go down. Here's one article describing the ocean currents, but has different conclusions - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ocean-current-keeps-europe-warm-weakening-180968784/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ocean-current-keep... Here's more about the topic "Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation" (AMOC). : https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2004RG000166 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2004...
- sschueller 4y agoDoesn't help when it's a global problem. We here in Switzerland try to do a lot to reduce waste and do our part but when I look at big countries like the United States that still have open toxic waste burning pits it feels like my efforts in my tiny country are a drop in the ocean.