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What would happen to the atmosphere if we burned all our fossil fuels?
2016-05-29 23:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Stuff: An 8C rise would occur if we kept burning fossil fuels, which would change the face of the planet, a climate scientist says. Q: What would happen to the atmosphere if we burned all our fossil fuels? A: Professor James Renwick, school of geography, environment and earth sciences, Victoria University says: If we were to use up all of our planet's fossil-fuel resources, we'd increase the global average temperature by about 8 degrees Celsius globally by 2300, Canadian scientists report in Nature...
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What happens if burn all the fossil fuels?
2016-05-29 08:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ars Technica: It has been decades since we recognized the threat of climate change, yet very few governments have instituted policies that address the threat. The first strong international agreement was only established very recently. Meanwhile, the companies that supply fossil fuels continue to push exploration for new supplies. Under those circumstances, it's fair to consider what would happen if the burning of fossil fuel continued unabated. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change typically considers...
Burning all fossil fuels would scorch Earth: study
2016-05-27 23:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Average temperatures would climb by up to 9.5 degrees Celsius (17 degrees Fahrenheit)-five times the cap on global warming set at climate talks in Paris in December, they reported. In the Arctic region-already heating at more than double the global average-the thermometer would rise an unimaginable 15 C to 20 C. Burning all known reserves of oil, gas and coal would inject about five trillion tonnes of heat-trapping carbon into the atmosphere, mainly in the form of carbon dioxide, a team wrote...
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Trump: America First on Fossil Fuels, Last on Climate Change
2016-05-27 16:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inside Climate: Donald Trump vowed Thursday that if elected president he would dismantle the landmark global treaty to tackle climate change endorsed by the whole world in Paris last year. Instead, he promised the domestic fossil fuel industry a no-holds-barred, America-first development policy aimed at maximizing production of coal, oil and natural gas. Speaking on the day he clinched the delegates to win the Republican presidential nomination, Trump delivered his first substantive speech on energy and climate...
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Portugal Ditched Fossil Fuels for 4 Days. Can We Go Longer?
2016-05-27 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Portugal became the latest country to coast solely on renewable energy this month, going without fossil-fuel power for four days straight. Denmark, Germany, and others recently have declared similar feats. But are these temporary clean-power surges a mark of real change, and if so, how far can that go? "This is definitely signalling a shift in terms of the energy mix," says Luca De Lorenzo, project manager at Sweden's nonprofit research group Stockholm Environment Institute. Overall, renewable...
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