Monday, November 25, 2013

Historic CO2 Emissions Require Immediate Cuts

If governments delay action, and carry on for a limited period with what has become known as the “business-as-usual” scenario, then peak warming will arrive all the sooner. (Credit: Flickr/Eric Schmuttenmaer) Click to enlarge.
Two scientists urge the world to start reducing greenhouse emissions right now.  There’s no time to be lost, they argue in Nature Climate Change.  Future global temperatures depend on how much carbon dioxide has accumulated in the atmosphere, so as emissions increase, so does the rate of warming.

Historic CO2 Emissions Require Immediate Cuts
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