The Earth could be just 10 years from heating by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius — a global warming threshold beyond which even more serious and frequent fires, droughts, floods and cyclones are expected to wreak havoc on humanity.
Leslie Hughes, professor of Biology at Macquarie University and councillor at the Climate Council, agreed.On that, Professor Hughes said the solutions were clear.
"Countries should also end all new fossil fuel exploration and production, and shift fossil fuel subsidies into renewable energy. The Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets hold enough water to raise sea levels significantly if they melt. "We also run a greater risk of passing some of these tipping points in the climate system," she said.It found that Arctic permafrost, which contains vast quantities of trapped greenhouse gases, did not seem to be on the brink of collapse, and its melting could be limited.
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