Even the ‘optimistic’ climate change forecast is catastrophic

Here’s the deal. 

Humanity is on pace to heat Earth by around 3 degrees Celsius, or 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit, above pre-Industrial Revolution temperatures by the century’s end. 

That level of warming would be devastating. Why? The world has warmed by a little over 1C so far. Look at what that has done to charred Australia, rapidly melting Greenland, and the relentlessly warming oceans. 

This 3C train we’re riding is the “business as usual” warming scenario — meaning how much warming will likely occur with still insufficient plans to cut our prodigious carbon emissions — say climate researchers in a new commentary published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Read more…

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