silence7 ( silence7@slrpnk.net ) M to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 years agoWe might be closer to changing course on climate change than we realized | Greenhouse gas emissions might have already peaked. Now they need to fall — fast.www.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up139cross-posted to: environment
arrow-up139external-linkWe might be closer to changing course on climate change than we realized | Greenhouse gas emissions might have already peaked. Now they need to fall — fast.www.vox.comsilence7 ( silence7@slrpnk.net ) M to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square10linkfedilinkcross-posted to: environment
minus-squaresilence7 ( silence7@slrpnk.net ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·3 years agoIt’s too late to have no identifiable impact, but absolutely not too late to stabilize temperatures — every 1/10 of a degree matters, and it’s better that we do it now than wait until we’ve burned every last bit of coal, oil, and gas.
minus-squareMontagge ( Montagge@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 years agoFor sure! It’s just frustrating how long this has been a known issue.
minus-squarezerakith ( zerakith@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 years agoMore of the CO2 currently in the atmosphere has been put there since it was a known issue. Depressing but a bad situation is better than a terrible one, so we must push on.
It’s too late to have no identifiable impact, but absolutely not too late to stabilize temperatures — every 1/10 of a degree matters, and it’s better that we do it now than wait until we’ve burned every last bit of coal, oil, and gas.
For sure! It’s just frustrating how long this has been a known issue.
More of the CO2 currently in the atmosphere has been put there since it was a known issue.
Depressing but a bad situation is better than a terrible one, so we must push on.