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Five ( Five@slrpnk.net )  to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are surging "faster than ever" to beyond anything humans ever experienced, officials say

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Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are surging "faster than ever" to beyond anything humans ever experienced, officials say

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Five ( Five@slrpnk.net )  to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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Planet-warming greenhouse gases are "building up, much like trash in a landfill," one researcher said.
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    The last time there were co2 levels like this was about three million years ago, but humans have gotten back there in less then two centuries, basically instantly in geologic terms. What could go wrong?

  • belated_frog_pants ( belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org ) 
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    Good thing stupid ai and crypto companies are turning on old coal power plants so with “”““AI””“” they can tell us to eat glue on pizza and spout racist tirades

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    It concerns me that the article blames this on El Nino and continued burning of fossil fuels.

    I’m sure those are contributing, but what about the wildfires that we saw last year? They are a feedback effect (higher temperatures makes fires more likely; fires release CO2; CO2 increases temperatures). If feedback effects have started, then everybody needs to panic.

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    This is fine.

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    archive link: https://archive.ph/D7A1S

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