Peter W Ellis
Peter W Ellis
Mapping carbon reserves to fight climate change
Posted on 20 Jul, 2022 06:29 PMEmissions of carbon to the atmosphere must remain below ∼250 petagrams (PgC) (918 PgCO2) from 2021 onward to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global temperature rise to well below 2 °C. At present rates, that amount of carbon will be emitted by 2045.
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