Have we slowed down the result of our climate crisis? Australian research finds improvements
Posted December 9, 2019 11:27 am.
Last Updated December 9, 2019 11:29 am.
SYDNEY, Aus. (NEWS 1130) – It’s not often we hear an environmental success story.
Some researchers out of the University of New South Wales have crunched the numbers and determined that because of the 1987 Montreal Protocol, the projected global temperature for 2050 is at least one degree cooler than it otherwise would have been.
“The benefits of the Montreal Protocol are set to become even greater over future decades, with substantial warming avoided by the middle of this century despite the cooling effects of ozone depletion,” the research reads.
The Montreal Protocol is a landmark agreement that placed new restrictions on a class of ozone-destroying greenhouse gases.
Australian university researchers determine have observed and simulated temperature change on Earth. They say the change air temperature has averaged between 1951–1980 and 1998–2017.
One degree may sound small, but based on research from ‘nature,’ it’s huge if you consider that a rise of just two degrees has a list of devastating consequences.
“Warming of 3 °C–4 °C is set to be avoided over most regions of the Arctic by mid-century. This represents more than a 30% reduction in the warming that would otherwise have occurred at this time under a business as usual scenario.”
A vast majority of scientists agree that without significant changes, the world will get significantly warmer.
