Will the Earth breach its 1.5C guardrail sooner than we thought? (www.theguardian.com)

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[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

"All signs point to yes"

[-] Espiritdescali@futurology.today 2 points 1 year ago

Some climate scientists are already saying we've breached 1.5°C. It really depends on your definition. At this point, I fear we are just shuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic

[-] BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

There's always an optimist or two in threads like these.

To those optimists... I have $2000. Do you feel like betting on it?

[-] SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

It's literally an arbitrary barrier/goal decided by politicians on zero scientific basis.

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