Climate change: 'Hothouse Earth' risks even if CO2 emissions slashedIt may sound like the title of a low budget sci-fi movie, but for planetary scientists, "Hothouse Earth" is a deadly serious concept. But as the world experiences warming, these carbon sinks could become sources of carbon and make the problems of climate change significantly worse. What exactly is a Hothouse Earth scenario? According to the research paper, crossing into a Hothouse Earth period would see a higher global temperature than at any time in the past 1.2 million years. Are the current heatwaves in the UK and Europe evidence of a Hothouse Earth?

Source: VietNamNet News August 06, 2018 22:07 UTC