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Cascading climate disasters are no longer features of some dystopian future. They are the here and now, worsening for the next generation and perhaps longer, depending on humanity’s willingness to take action. https://nyti.ms/330jmwC
The world is paying a price — more vicious heat waves, longer wildfire seasons, and rising sea levels — for the choices that countries made decades ago to keep pumping heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, according to interviews with two dozen climate experts.
The climate crisis has been growing for decades. It’s already locked into the global ecosystem and cannot be reversed. But, experts agreed, we’re still far from any sort of “game over” moment where it’s too late to act.
As one climate scientist put it: “We’re not dead yet.”
As one climate scientist put it: “We’re not dead yet.”
But even if we start radically slashing emissions today, it could be decades before those changes start to appreciably slow the rate at which Earth is warming.
In the meantime, we’ll have to deal with effects that continue to worsen. https://nyti.ms/330jmwC
In the meantime, we’ll have to deal with effects that continue to worsen. https://nyti.ms/330jmwC
“The best hope is to slow the pace of warming enough to maintain some control for humanity,” write @johnbranchNYT and @bradplumer.
Scientists lay out the crucial next steps the world must take. Read our story: https://nyti.ms/330jmwC
Scientists lay out the crucial next steps the world must take. Read our story: https://nyti.ms/330jmwC
