“Even temporarily exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius before bringing temperatures back down — a scenario known as an “overshoot” — could cause sea level rises and other disastrous repercussions that might last millenia.”

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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    1 month ago

    1.5 was something that was maybe possible if we had immediately, globally have pulled out all the stops and we simply have not done that.

  • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    It’s analogue. It’s a fader, not an on/off switch. It’s set at 1.5 to give us a buffer between us and 2, which is where it gets really nasty.

    But every 0.1 lower is better than 0.1 higher, whether it’s above or below 2.

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    1 month ago

    Soon we will all be living underground. Hopefully the earthquakes aren’t too bad.