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The level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is considered as the main driver of climate change and has hit a new record - said by UN and also warned that the time to act is running out.
"Without rapid cuts in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, climate change will have increasingly destructive and irreversible impacts on life on Earth" - said by the head of the World Meterological Organization Petteri Taalas in a statement. "The window of opportunity for action is almost closed" - He added.
In an open letter to all states ahead of COP24, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet warned of cataclysmic consequences of the world does not reverse course.
Entire nations, ecosystems, peoples and ways of life could simply cease to exist if the increasing of greenhouse gases remains unchecked. The polar ice caps will melt submerging the coastal regions of the world as we all know about it.
The greenhouse Gas Bulletin, the UN weather agency's annual flagship report, tracks the content of dangerous gases in the atmosphere since 1750. This year's report, which covers dara for 2017, puts the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere at 405.5 ppm. That is up from 403.3 ppm in 2016 and 400.1 ppm in 2015.
According to Taalas, The last time the Earth experienced a comparable concentration of carbon dioxide was 3-5 million years ago, when the temperature was 2 to 3 degree warmer.
In addition to carbon dioxide, the UN agency also highlighted rising levels of methane, nitrous oxide and another dangerous ozone depleting gas known as CFC-11.
Emissions are the main factor that determines the amount of greenhouse gas levels but concentration rates are a measure of what remains after a series of complex interactions between atmosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, cryosphere and the ocean.
Roughly 25% of all emissions are currently absorbed by the oceans and biosphere. The lithosphere is the solid and the outer part of the Earth while the cryosphere includes the part of the world covered by frozen water.
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| Greenhouse effects - global warming - environment |
In an open letter to all states ahead of COP24, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet warned of cataclysmic consequences of the world does not reverse course.
Entire nations, ecosystems, peoples and ways of life could simply cease to exist if the increasing of greenhouse gases remains unchecked. The polar ice caps will melt submerging the coastal regions of the world as we all know about it.
The greenhouse Gas Bulletin, the UN weather agency's annual flagship report, tracks the content of dangerous gases in the atmosphere since 1750. This year's report, which covers dara for 2017, puts the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere at 405.5 ppm. That is up from 403.3 ppm in 2016 and 400.1 ppm in 2015.
According to Taalas, The last time the Earth experienced a comparable concentration of carbon dioxide was 3-5 million years ago, when the temperature was 2 to 3 degree warmer.
In addition to carbon dioxide, the UN agency also highlighted rising levels of methane, nitrous oxide and another dangerous ozone depleting gas known as CFC-11.
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| global warming - soil, water and environment |
Emissions are the main factor that determines the amount of greenhouse gas levels but concentration rates are a measure of what remains after a series of complex interactions between atmosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, cryosphere and the ocean.
Roughly 25% of all emissions are currently absorbed by the oceans and biosphere. The lithosphere is the solid and the outer part of the Earth while the cryosphere includes the part of the world covered by frozen water.
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