Earth may already be too hot for the survival of polar ice sheets - The Washington Post

The Washington Post•1 day ago

If Earth stays at its current levels of warming -- below policymakers’ goal of 1.5 degrees Celsius -- polar ice sheets may melt, causing seas to rise and displacing coastal communities, a study finds.

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Earth may already be too hot for the survival of polar ice sheets - The Washington Post

Ten years ago, policymakers and nation states set the worlds most important climate goal: limiting planetary warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). If the Earth could stay below tha… [+3880 chars]

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This article was originally published by The Washington Post and written by Ruby Mellen, Sarah Kaplan.

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