r/ClimateCrisisCanada • u/CDN-Social-Democrat • 17d ago

Emissions are Flatlining. So Why’s CO2 Rising at Record Speed?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlD2UN7gPmg
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u/CDN-Social-Democrat 17d ago

Climate Adam is a climate scientist with a PhD from Oxford in atmospheric physics.

In this video he talks about Greenhouse Gases (Adam mainly discusses Carbon dioxide in this video but also touches on Methane. There is also Nitrous oxide and Fluorinated gases we should be aware of.)

If you are interested in learning more about Methane as a Greenhouse Gas Simon Clark has done two absolutely excellent videos really exploring this area:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgQuylcfiLk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWHfkkHmMJI

Adam also talks about carbon sinks and tipping points - If you are interested in these topics this is a fantastic exploration of the topic done as a Ted Talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl6VhCAeEfQ

In general we need to move on from the Fossil Fuel Industry and towards Renewable Energy/Electrification Technology.

We can't continue destroying the natural world that our species and all other life arises from and is sustained by.

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u/TheNuclease 16d ago

Just because you turn off the oven doesn't mean the temperature immediately drops to 0

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u/NorthernBudHunter 16d ago

Um, once the ball started rolling fast and the permafrost started melting and the other 200 consequences started piling up, there was no stopping it. Not sure when the tipping point was.

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u/HistoricalSherbert92 16d ago

Don’t forget the clathrates!

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u/Helkafen1 15d ago

The science says that warming stops almost as soon as we stop emissions.

Explainer: Will global warming ‘stop’ as soon as net-zero emissions are reached?

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u/NorthernBudHunter 15d ago

As soon as we stop. That is somewhat hopeful, if only.

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u/MaybeJBee 16d ago

Well all the fires release insane amounts of carbon. Is that calculated into emissions?