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However, scientists are increasingly concerned that carbon dioxide levels are not falling fast enough

The more interesting news is co2 levels are falling, when did that happen? Last thing I saw was us breaking through 430ppm.

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[-] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago

Oh cool they are doing the plot of snowpiercer

In 2014, an attempt to stop climate change via stratospheric aerosol injection catastrophically backfires, creating a new ice age that destroys much of life on Earth.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

The Ark, too, had this as a plot point. A rich guy shot aerosols into the atmosphere that incurably poisoned a huge portion of the population. Both scarily plausible honestly.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

either that or the highlander 2 future

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Or the matrix. It's a relatively popular idea for how incredibly stupid and dangerous it is.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago
[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Or fucking Mistborn lmao

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

I would rather freeze to death than where we're going

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

tundra over desert all the time
I much prefer white landscapes to white-people-white landscapes

[-] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago

Oh hey, look, it's the thing that the west was saying that the bad guy countries would be doing in order to be lazy and not actually improve emissions and green energy! I sure am glad the good guy countries are the ones doing this, I'd hate to think what would happen if a country responsible for the vast majority of lifetime global emissions did something like this as a quick shortcut instead of actually trying to right their past wrongs!

[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

Oh cool it's not like that will also lower crop yields or the efficiency of solar power or anything

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Yup, but we’ll be able to burn more coal and oil…capitalists love this one trick?

[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago
[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

comparing a single days reading is absurd to me.

the atmospheric CO2 amount fluctuates seasonally (due to the northern hemisphere forests leafing out) which has all manner of factors adjusting the start and end. especially early season where overall warmer conditions in upper latitudes is going to push leaf out forward.

those crests of every little wave is the peak cumulative sequestration of northern forests prior to seasonal senescence of deciduous trees.

the overall yearly average trend up is the existential problem, so yearly averages are what matters.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/gl_gr.html

The yearly average from 2023 to 2024 was 3.75 ppm, worse then that daily reading. But yes, you are correct that the average is what matters.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago

Mr Burns motherfuckers

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

as a vampire, i support this

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

co2 levels are falling

they are? I didn't see it when I skimmed the article

[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

It's extremely irresponsible phrasing. CO2 is still increasing. They probably meant 'the increase in CO2 is not slowing as fast as it needs to'

[-] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They aren't, but the article says:

However, scientists are increasingly concerned that carbon dioxide levels are not falling fast enough and that further action may be needed to prevent catastrophic warming.

which is just a weird way of saying it, they aren't falling at all. Levels are increasing faster then ever. idk why the article says that, I pointed it out but obviously was a bit too lazy to find a different source.

Was trying to say it sarcastically, like "oh really when did that happen?" but it didn't come across when I reread 😔

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

I suspect the line should read "carbon dioxide emissions".

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

it's too bloody bright innit

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

If they could somehow contain their "experiments" just to the UK, this would be funny

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Jesus fucking christ we're actually going to do it

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Does the UK even get sun more than three times a year?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

'cos they keep gettin sunburnt innit

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Come movie to Brazil dril

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

UK found out about dim sum and is trying to replicate it, but of course...

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