James Hansen says limit will be passed ‘for all practical purposes’ by May though other experts predict that will happen in 2030s

What this means in practice is that we enter a minefield where we start to lose major ecosystems as temperatures continue to rise.

This makes it incredibly important to do everything we can to limit the amount of additional warming we see; each 1/10 of a degree adds to the risk.

  • Grammaton Cleric@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    We can’t do anything because no one will give up cars, factories and other dumb shit they do. Nothing we can do will even come close to balancing all that out.

    The human race is too selfish to save itself. Now look at this post while in traffic in your gas-powered car.