Three atoms—one carbon and two oxygen—bond to create a molecule that has defined an era: the age of industry. In the last 150 years, carbon dioxide emissions have soared as we have grown reliant on fossil fuels like coal, natural gas and oil.
Sea levels are rising, crops are failing and diseases like malaria are spreading as the planet chokes under a heady cloud of man-made carbon dioxide.
After more than 30 years in operation, the CDIAC closed its doors last September. Its data has since been exported to a number of other centers, including the NOAA’s Ocean Carbon Data System and the California Institute of Technology.
“I believe in building a better future for our children, which requires offering them a planet that is still habitable in 25 years,” he told the audience. “Some people think that securing current industries and their jobs is more urgent than transforming our economies to meet the global change of climate change. I hear these concerns, but we must find a smooth transition to a low carbon economy.”
His words came in sharp contrast to those of President Donald Trump, who has vowed to take the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement.
The U.N. will meet in Katowice, Poland at its Climate Change Conference (COP 24) in December to try and address some of the problems of climate change. Experts are currently discussing policy options and technological innovations in Bonn, Germany, in advance of the meeting.
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