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Climate 'Feedback Loops' Could Worsen Global Warming By 30%, Study Finds

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Rising global temperatures caused by the burning of fossil fuels are transforming the world's forests, wetlands and tundra to the point they are…

  • Feedback loops could worsen global warming by 20% to 30% by century's end.
  • Thawing permafrost, wildfires, and warming lakes release methane and CO2.
  • Current policies may lead to 2.6°C global temperature rise above pre-industrial levels.

Monterrey Amid Mountains

Mexico’s second-largest metropolitan area borders on folded rock layers of the Sierra Madre Oriental. The post Monterrey Amid Mountains appeared first on NASA Science .

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