Global
Warming May Be
More Severe Than We
Thought, Study Finds
The Earth’s climate system may be far
More sensitive to increasing amounts of greenhouse gases
Than many recent studies have found, which implies that steeper and faster emissions cuts will be necessary to keep
Warming below dangerous levels. The
new research, which appeared this week in the journal
Nature Climate Change, questions a central assumption of most of the studies investigating a scientific concept generally referred to as “climate sensitivity.”
The research found that the Earth is likely to experience nearly 20%
More Warming over the next several decades
Than past estimates have projected. Those previous studies were based in large part on recent surface temperature trends.
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Global Warming May Be More Severe Than We Thought< Study Finds