Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Wait a minute: If by cutting other pollutants, we can reduce Arctic warming by 2/3, how much of the blame is left for carbon dioxide?

UN report: Cut soot, smog to limit climate change - StamfordAdvocate
Johan Kuylenstierna of the Stockholm Environment Institute, the report's chief author, said taking steps to cut black carbon and ground-level ozone over the next 20 years would "significantly slow" anticipated global warming, making a difference of 0.5 degree Celsius (0.9 F) by mid-century.

It also would avoid 2.5 million premature deaths every year from air pollution and would raise crop production by 50 million tons annually, he said.
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Adopting such measures quickly would enhance the prospects of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F) above preindustrial levels, the target set by international negotiators. One result would be a reduction in the projected warming of the Arctic over the next 30 by about two-thirds, it said.

1 comment:

JP said...

and would raise crop production by 50 million tons annually, he said.
heh, You know how Green Houses increase crop growth? They increase the CO2 levels in the greenhouse.

Greenies skip over two things to push their agenda.
A: they really do not know what the planet's Ideal temp really is.
B: Warm periods are good for life on the planet.

Cold Kills. Let's hope the sun spots turn back up