In a recent issue of APS News, the news organ of the American Physical Society, Michael Mann writes a guest editorial on our climate crisis. In it he has several gems to give us hope:
“ A better analogy[for the climate crisis} is that it is a dangerous highway we’re going down. We need to take the earliest exit ramp possible.”
“It is also important to recognize that the climate crisis isn’t a cliff that we go off at certain thresholds of planetary warming such as the oft discussed 1.5C(2.7F) warming level, although it is often framed that way. Climate science isn’t a binary case of ‘success’ or ‘failure’.”
“Global temperatures stabilize once net carbon emissions drop to zero”. This is due to the oceans absorbing carbon dioxide.
“…the goal of limiting warming to 1.5C(2.7F)is still alive but only if the hard work begins now.”
“It’s[climate change} neither the end of the world nor good for you” per Stephen Schneider
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network 