silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months agoWe might be closer to changing course on climate change than we realized | Greenhouse gas emissions might have already peaked. Now they need to fall — fast.www.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down16cross-posted to: environment@beehaw.orgworldnews@lemmy.mlclimate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkWe might be closer to changing course on climate change than we realized | Greenhouse gas emissions might have already peaked. Now they need to fall — fast.www.vox.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: environment@beehaw.orgworldnews@lemmy.mlclimate@slrpnk.net
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down1·7 months agoIt’s too late to have no identifiable impact, but absolutely not too late to stabilize temperatures — every 1/10 of a degree matters, and it’s better that we do it now than wait until we’ve burned every last bit of coal, oil, and gas.
minus-squareMontagge@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 months agoFor sure! It’s just frustrating how long this has been a known issue.
minus-squarezerakith@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoMore of the CO2 currently in the atmosphere has been put there since it was a known issue. Depressing but a bad situation is better than a terrible one, so we must push on.
Only 30 years too late!
It’s too late to have no identifiable impact, but absolutely not too late to stabilize temperatures — every 1/10 of a degree matters, and it’s better that we do it now than wait until we’ve burned every last bit of coal, oil, and gas.
For sure! It’s just frustrating how long this has been a known issue.
More of the CO2 currently in the atmosphere has been put there since it was a known issue.
Depressing but a bad situation is better than a terrible one, so we must push on.