Too late to stop global warming, but still time to stop major disasters

It takes decades to stabilize emissions of greenhouse gases _ which are spewed by power plants, cars and factories _ and another half-century after that to slow revved-up ocean warming, so “you’re stuck with say 100 years of warming,” said Barnett.

“I believe we are past the point of no return,” he said. “What does the point of no return mean? To me, it means we’ve reached a point where we are seeing the impacts of global warming … The question is: How much worse is it going to get? That is a case in which we can control our destiny _ if we act now.”

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