Re:July was the hottest month ever recorded, according to Nasa
by seiferteric on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @01:24PM
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Not only that, but it's cumulative, all the CO2 from the past century+ is not going away very fast.
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Re:July was the hottest month ever recorded, according to Nasa
by mikeash on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @01:29PM
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Right, that's a big part of the lag. If climate change causes civilization to collapse, it'll still take decades or centuries for the built-up CO2 to drop back to normal levels. Plus the fact that emissions won't stop right away just because a bunch of people start starving.