Stripping carbon from the atmosphere might be needed to avoid dangerous warming – but it remains a deeply uncertain prospect
- Written by: Jonathan Symons, Senior Lecturer, Macquarie School of Social Sciences, Macquarie University
Anna Sabramowicz/Unsplash, CC BYAustralia’s latest State of the Climate Report offers grim reading. As if recent floods weren’t bad enough, the report warns of worsening fire seasons, more drought years and, when rain comes, more intense downpours. It begs the question: is it too late to avoid dangerous warming?
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