“The world is trying to reduce [CO2] emissions, and you just don’t see it” – Watts Up With That?

Essay by Eric Worrall

According to NOAA scientist Pieter Tans, “if you were measuring the atmosphere, you wouldn’t see anything happening right now in terms of change.”

Climate scientists warn of increased climate change events due to unreduced carbon emissions

Posted on Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 11:47 am

Globally, emissions continue to rise despite countries committing to cutting them.

Main attractions:

• The pandemic slashed global carbon emissions in 2020, but they recovered last year
• Scientists say current levels of carbon dioxide are comparable to those of the Pliocene era, when temperatures were 3.9 degrees Celsius warmer.
• May is the peak for global carbon dioxide emissions

Scientists are warning of increased climate change phenomena including heat waves, floods and droughts if carbon emissions are not cut.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says its long-time monitoring station at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, averages 421 parts per million carbon dioxide in Maythat’s when the key greenhouse gases hit their yearly highs.

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“The world is trying to reduce emissions, and you don’t see it,” said NOAA climate scientist Pieter Tans.

“In other words, if you were measuring the atmosphere, you wouldn’t see anything happening right now in terms of change.”

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University of Illinois climate scientist Donald Wuebbles says no need to cut carbon pollution”We will see ever more damaging effects of climate change, more heat waves, more floods, more droughts, more hurricanes and higher sea levels.“

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The pandemic’s slowdown did reduce global carbon emissions slightly in 2020, but they rebounded last year.

Both changes are tiny compared to how much carbon dioxide is pumped into the atmosphere each year, especially considering that carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere for hundreds to a thousand years, Mr. Tans said.

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Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-04/carbon-dioxide-emissions-hold-firm/101126312

If the Pandemic shutdowns are largely unsuccessful, I think we can guess about the crazy types of social shutdowns these people would like to see, in order to achieve their CO2 reduction. The near-decommissioned vehicle use hardly reduces global CO2 emissions, but I guess everything is useful/ironic. And you can forget about setting the thermostat in the winter.

Another interesting point is, today’s CO2 level, right now, is 421ppm, which is at least 1.5 times pre-industrial levels (421/280 = 1.5).

Where are the super typhoons and major droughts? Climate warningers keep promising something scary, but so far the only noticeable impact of this CO2 is a slight increase in global temperatures, According to the Potsdam Institute, may have prevented the start of a new ice age. CO2 also causes Earth’s greening can be measured. Looks like all wins so far.

Any flooding problem caused by a few inches of sea level rise can easily be solved with incremental urban reclamation projects, like “raise Chicago“The project our ancestors did in the 1850s to mitigate flooding in Chicago’s lower boroughs. If raising all the buildings seems a bit too much, we can go Seattle’s low-cost flood mitigation solutionRaise the roads but leave the buildings intact.

My point is that if our ancestors in the 1800s could afford to lift entire cities out of floodplains, I’m pretty sure we’d have the technology and resources to do the same today. now.

Storm risk is also manageable. Even with an increase in hurricane activity, there are still plenty of places that have experienced significant hurricane activity, which could provide knowledge for other towns. My tropical home city is regularly hit by violent storms that are considered super typhoons in more temperate regions, which rain many inches in minutes, but our town planners have figured it out. solution – you can almost walk down the drain under my street. After the water receded, bonus added, that week I didn’t have to water the garden.

Sooner or later, the public will stop hearing these nonsense warnings about impending climate doom, but until then we need to push back against gullible politicians and alarmists, many of them. continue to stick to climate models even as their alarmist colleagues say are producing unimaginable results.