(click to enlarge). The world is now emitting about 40 Gt CO2 per year (including land use changes), so we'll get to the first threshold, about 700 Gt CO2 (RCP 2.6) relative to today, in about 18 years.
(Since 1850 the world has emitted about 2,200 Gt CO2, about 70% from burning fossil fuels and 30% from land use changes.)
I audited a fascinating class at Stanford U today, taught by Leslie Field. Leslie has invented a way to make thin ice more reflective and thus preserve it longer. She uses tiny silica balls light enough to float or to sit on top of an ice layer. Her goal is to reverse the loss of Arctic sea ice.
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In my opinion it would have been (visually) better to have the months on the x-axis. This is where time scales are usually shown.
ReplyDeleteMaybe just me, though?
David, did she give any estimates for the cost?
ReplyDeleteShe mentioned some figures, but I don't recall them. Her method is in testing stage now. Her team has used a modified seed spreader to spread these tiny balls of 3 football fields of area. But her idea seemed to me to be pretty affordable.
ReplyDeleteMarco: Probably. But climate scientists are notoriously inconsistent about their plots. Sometimes time even goes backward as the abscissa value increases....
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