The irreversible momentum of clean energy
@article{Obama2017TheIM, title={The irreversible momentum of clean energy}, author={Barack. Obama}, journal={Science}, year={2017}, volume={355}, pages={126 - 129} }
Private-sector efforts help drive decoupling of emissions and economic growth The release of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) due to human activity is increasing global average surface air temperatures, disrupting weather patterns, and acidifying the ocean (1). Left unchecked, the continued growth of GHG emissions could cause global average temperatures to increase by another 4°C or more by 2100 and by 1.5 to 2 times as much in many midcontinent and far northern locations…
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