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LINK Study: World carbon pollution falls 17% during pandemic peak | National | omaha.com

KENSINGTON, Maryland ✈ — The world cut its daily carbon dioxide emissions by 17% at the peak of the pandemic shutdown last month, a new study found.

But with life and heat-trapping gas levels inching back toward normal, the brief pollution break will likely be "a drop in the ocean" when it comes to climate change, scientists said.

In their study of carbon dioxide emissions during the coronavirus pandemic, an international team of scientists calculated that pollution levels are heading back up — and for the year will end up between 4% and 7% lower than 2019 levels. That's still the biggest annual drop in carbon emissions since World War II.

It'll be 7% if the strictest lockdown rules remain all year long across much of the globe, 4% if they are lifted soon.

HippieChick58 9 May 19
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There is no measurable reduction in CO2 level.

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Well that might buy us a few more years before were fucked beyond repair.

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This sounds like I’m being an alarmist, but humanity is screwed. The world 100 years from now will be a travesty.

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