silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agoForests Are Losing Their Ability to Hold Carbon | A new USDA report finds forests could become a major emitter of carbon by 2070www.scientificamerican.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up180cross-posted to: climatecrisis@lemmy.ml
arrow-up180external-linkForests Are Losing Their Ability to Hold Carbon | A new USDA report finds forests could become a major emitter of carbon by 2070www.scientificamerican.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: climatecrisis@lemmy.ml
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 year agoBasically, if we stop adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, temperatures stabilize. The US actually passed climate legislation last year, and it looks like the renewables build-out is going to proceed quickly enough to start displacing fossil fuels over the next few years Positive reports tend to look like modest incremental improvements, but we’ve been getting a lot of those.
minus-squareSmokeInFog@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoThanks, I really do appreciate it. I will say that the if in that first link is doing an Atlas’ level of work, though, and it’s the point where my optimism has dropped the lowest
Basically, if we stop adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, temperatures stabilize.
The US actually passed climate legislation last year, and it looks like the renewables build-out is going to proceed quickly enough to start displacing fossil fuels over the next few years
Positive reports tend to look like modest incremental improvements, but we’ve been getting a lot of those.
Thanks, I really do appreciate it. I will say that the
ifin that first link is doing an Atlas’ level of work, though, and it’s the point where my optimism has dropped the lowest