{"658742":{"#nid":"658742","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Historical emissions caused the climate crisis. But it\u2019s what we do today that will make or break it, study shows","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHumans\u0026rsquo; historical greenhouse gas emissions have caused the climate crisis the world is in today. But it\u0026rsquo;s the amount emitted now and in coming years that will determine whether humanity can avert catastrophic climate changes.\u0026nbsp;That\u0026rsquo;s the main finding of a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41558-022-01372-y\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Enew study published\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Climate Change\u003C\/em\u003E on Monday, which says that even if the world cut emissions to zero today, there would still be a 42% chance of hitting 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above pre-industrial levels\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ewithin a decade. That probability rises to 66% if the world waits until 2029 to reach zero emissions.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;With respect to our ability to predict the timing and magnitude of peak warming, this paper shows that the devil is in the detail,\u0026rdquo; says \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/cobb-dr-kim\u0022\u003EKim Cobb\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Power Chair and ADVANCE Professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026ldquo;That may seem fairly \u0026lsquo;in the weeds\u0026rsquo;, but when you\u0026rsquo;re talking about a few tenths of a degree Celsius, that\u0026rsquo;s a big deal in terms of global warming levels.\u0026rdquo; Cobb, also\u0026nbsp;director of Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/globalchange.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGlobal Change Program\u003C\/a\u003E, was not involved in the study.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-06-07 20:26:16","changed_gmt":"2022-06-07 20:26:16","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/krdo.com\/news\/national-world\/cnn-world\/2022\/06\/06\/historical-emissions-caused-the-climate-crisis-but-its-what-we-do-today-that-will-make-or-break-it-study-shows-2\/","dateline":{"date":"2022-06-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-06-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"177439","name":"global change program"},{"id":"33791","name":"kim cobb"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"791","name":"Global Warming"},{"id":"174066","name":"greenhouse gases"},{"id":"464","name":"emissions"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}