Climate deadline nears | Columnists - Ashland Daily Press
Climate deadline nears | Columnists | apg-wi.com
Imagine that we have all the time in the world and limitless money to address climate change. In this imaginary world we can take our time to research light-water reactors, fusion, carbon capture and other technologies. We could waste our time, expend our money, and make more waste – radioactive, carbon, and methane.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate science
What began as a theory in the 1890s — that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide could increase global temperatures — had progressed to a scientific fact a century later. Scientists across a range of disciplines are studying the impact of the still-growing concentration of carbon dioxide and other so-called “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere as they call for industrial and governmental policies to slow, then halt, the warming of the planet.