Sentences with phrase «avoid continued warming»

And only such measures would avoid continued warming beyond 2100, the report says.

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But, Jahn continued, if warming stays at 1.5 degrees Celsius, the probability of ice - free summers would drop by 70 percent, delaying or potentially even avoiding such occurrence altogether.

Most importantly, as long as we continue to depend on dirty fossil fuels like coal and oil to meet our energy needs, and dump 70 million tons of global warming pollution into the thin shell of atmosphere surrounding our planet, we move closer and closer to several dangerous tipping points which scientists have repeatedly warned — again just yesterday — will threaten to make it impossible for us to avoid irretrievable destruction of the conditions that make human civilization possible on this planet.

I usually avoid using the word «denier», but a refusal to accept that the world is warmer than it has been since records began and that temperatures continue to rise quickly, can not be excused as healthy contrarianism.

As our climate continues to warm, and the west coast experiences more warm winters and dry summers, this solar project will enable the Kitasoo to avoid using diesel to generate electricity during dry months.

«If the southern ocean forcing (subsurface warming) of the Antarctic ice sheets continues to grow, it likely will become impossible to avoid sea level rise of several meters, with the largest uncertainty being how rapidly it will occur,» the report states.

At this point, even the most optimistic scenarios of worldwide reductions in greenhouse gas emissions will not be enough to avoid significant global warming — and thus the concomitant set of climate impacts that will disrupt our way life — according to a study... Continue reading →