Inside Climate News: Accelerated Global Warming Could Lock Earth Into a Hothouse Future

Scientists say warming is increasing faster than at any time in at least 3 million years. There is no guide for what comes next. If humans keep heating the planet with greenhouse gas pollution, the climate swing could lock Earth into a hothouse trajectory, as parts of the system feed on their own momentum, even if emissions are reduced later, an international team of scientists warned in a new report in the journal One Earth. Their analysis covers 16 key Earth systems, including oceans, ice sheets and forests, that are likely to destabilize if the planet continues to warm. If large parts of the Amazon rainforest and tropical coral reefs die, they absorb less carbon dioxide, triggering a (self-perpetuating) chain reaction of warming. Report HERE.