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The Earth System is approaching a planetary threshold that, if crossed, could prevent stabilization of the climate

Posted on August 13, 2018 ·

We need to advance renewable energies now so that we won’t need fossil fuel anymore.

Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene

Our analysis suggests that the Earth System may be approaching a planetary threshold that could lock in a continuing rapid pathway toward much hotter conditions—Hothouse Earth.

Humanity is now facing the need for critical decisions and actions that could influence our future for centuries, if not millennia.

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