Study: 90 percent chance Earth warms by more than 2 degrees

UPI ^ | July 31, 2017 | By Brooks Hays

[Oldeconomybuyer]

New research suggests the chance of limiting global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius is highly unlikely. According to the latest analysis, there is a 90 percent chance Earth will warm by 2.0 to 4.9 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.

The researchers analyzed the trajectory and impact on global warming of three factors: total world population, GDP per person and carbon intensity, or carbon emitted per dollar of economic activity.

To postulate forward, scientists analyzed the three inputs' effect on global warming over the last 50 years. Their analysis -- published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change -- suggests there is only a 5 percent chance Earth warms by less than 2 degrees.

Researchers found carbon intensity was the most important factor in predicting future warming. As technologies improve and governments curb emissions, carbon intensity has been dropping in many advanced economies over the past few decades. But at the current rate, carbon intensity is unlikely to fall fast enough to prevent significant warming.

[joethedrummer]

So, even if this were true, in a hundred years from now, sitting in the same spot I am now...

It would be 87 degrees instead of 84???

THAT is what all this panic is about?!?!?

Are you kidding me???

[joethedrummer]

LOL!!!

Oh my.... TWO to FOUR whole degrees!!!!
AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!

Gotta admit, they know how to market this dung...
SO many people are falling for it.

[Enlightened1]

Haha!

Exactly!