Source: MIT Climate Portal

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How do we know how long carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere?

  2024-03-25 (or before) in MIT Climate Portal

Scientists use models of the atmosphere to estimate the lifetime of carbon dioxide, informed by measurements of the ocean, plants, and other “carbon sinks” that absorb CO2 from the air.

  Tagged under: Oceans

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Why did the IPCC choose 2° C as the goal for limiting global warming?

  2023-12-04 (or before) in MIT Climate Portal

Scientists and policymakers have long agreed that global warming beyond 2° C above the pre-industrial average would pose large and escalating risks to human life as we know it on Earth, and governments have used that number as an organizing principle.

  Tagged under: Global Warming | IPCC

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Should we be worried about Earth getting warmer if we cut coal power?

  2023-08-05 (or before) in MIT Climate Portal

Coal plants, despite some cooling effects from their complex mix of pollutants, are a major contributor to global warming. If we shut plants down, there might be some extra warming at first, but overall, temperatures will cool.

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