Re:Can we get to 350 ppm? Yes we can
by pier25 on Saturday July 22, 2017 @03:09PM
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Indeed.
Another factor is climate lag, also called climate inertia. There is a delay of a couple of decades between emissions and temperature change. The thing is we have emitted more in the past decades than the previous 150 years before that.
So even if a miracle happened and we got to zero emissions there are still self sustaining feedbacks and a monstrous wave of warming coming at us.
Our only hope really are extreme negative emissions, but I feel we won't even be able to make it to zero emissions.
Another factor is climate lag, also called climate inertia. There is a delay of a couple of decades between emissions and temperature change. The thing is we have emitted more in the past decades than the previous 150 years before that.
So even if a miracle happened and we got to zero emissions there are still self sustaining feedbacks and a monstrous wave of warming coming at us.
Our only hope really are extreme negative emissions, but I feel we won't even be able to make it to zero emissions.