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Burning All Fossil Fuels Would Lead 17 C Rise in Arctic Temperatures
2016-05-24 16:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Burning all the fossil fuels we know to exist on Earth could push global temperature an average of 8 C above preindustrial levels, according to new research. The Arctic would bear the brunt of the warming, with temperatures potentially rising 17 C, said the authors. The new paper, published Monday in Nature Climate Change, looks at would happen over the next 300 years or so if the world continues to burn coal, oil and gas with no efforts to limit emissions. Dr. Malte Meinshausen from the Potsdam...
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