Climate: The cost of CO2 in human lives
Recently published study reveals that the human toll of CO2 emissions will vastly magnify climate change’s economic costs
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Southeast Amazonia is no longer a carbon sink
New study in Nature reveals that Amazonia is fast turning into a carbon source and is no longer a carbon sink. This should worry us.
Global CO2 levels hitting highest levels ever recorded
The daily measurements of CO2 reveals that we have hit yet another new high. The COVID-19 shutdown has not had a measurable impact.
The Arctic hasn’t been this warm for 3 million years – and that foreshadows big changes for the rest of the planet
Ice floe drifting in Svalbard, Norway. Sven-Erik Arndt/Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Julie Brigham-Grette, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Steve Petsch, University of Massachusetts Amherst Every year, sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean shrinks to a low point in mid-September. This year it measures just 1.44 million square miles (3.74 million square kilometers) … Read more
High CO2 and Global Greening 23 million years ago
Published on Aug 23, 2020 within “Climate of the Past”, an Open Access journal of European Goesciences Union, is a new paper titled “Elevated CO2, increased leaf-level productivity, and water-use efficiency during the early Miocene“. It describes how increased levels of CO2 led to Global Greening. You might immediately wonder “How can they actually determine … Read more
How Sensitive is climate to CO2?
New study by an international team concludes that if we don’t mitigate our CO2 emissions then we face very severe impacts and risks worldwide