The key word that the report uses to describe our plight: irreversible.
From The New York Times:
The world may already be nearing a temperature at whichThe IPCC — a team of scientists and other experts
the loss of the vast ice sheet covering Greenland would become
inevitable, the report said. The actual melting would then take
centuries, but it would be unstoppable and could result in a sea level
rise of 23 feet, with additional increases from other sources like
melting Antarctic ice, potentially flooding the world’s major cities.
appointed by the United Nations to periodically review the latest
research on climate science — has been rolling out its fifth assessment
report in four installments, and this draft is the latest.
While it restates many things included in earlier reports, this time
it uses stronger words in hopes that you and I and everyone else will
actually freak out the way we should given the circumstances. Grueling
heat waves, droughts, floods,
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