Oceans 'soaking up more heat than estimated'

Re:Oceans 'soaking up more heat than estimated' by ljcn on Thursday November 01, 2018 @10:32AM (#18354204)

> So there's no point to slowing down emissions.

> We need to adapt. To limit the damage, and fix things.

The first contributes to the second.

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Re:Oceans 'soaking up more heat than estimated' by candiodari on Friday November 02, 2018 @06:10AM (#18361850)

That's just it. It used to, but it doesn't. At this point global warming is self-reinforcing. So while it's correct what you say, the implied corollary is not true.

The implied corollary is of course that if we slow down emissions global warming will stop. And it won't. It will slow down, but not stop. Not even if we get net emissions to zero.

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