Climate forcing agents

The air of our planet is dangerous and dirty in record measures. This is stated in a UN report, according to inews. 

According to the document, the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has reached new record levels. The organization also warned that drastic action is needed to reduce pollution and achieve the Paris climate agreement goals.

The amount of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere grew at record rate in 2016 to a level not seen for millions of years, potentially fuelling a 20-metre rise in sea levels and adding 3 degrees to temperatures, the United Nations said on Monday.

The Yellowstone supervolcano under America could erupt with terrifying power – expelling up to 250 cubic miles of volcanic rock and ash at once.

The eruption could blanket large areas of America in ash – and possibly plunge Earth into a ‘volcanic winter’.

A new study suggests that an eruption of a large volcano in the tropics could cause El Nino to emerge, UPI said.

Mathematicians at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have set a critical threshold for global ocean carbon sequestration. Exceeding this threshold will lead to the sixth mass extinction of species on Earth, LIFE said, quoted by BTA.

US scientists have predicted the occurrence of a climate catastrophe by 2100, Tape said.

The world has missed the chance to avoid dangerous global warming - unless we start geo-engineering the atmosphere by removing greenhouse gases, according to new research.

Scientists used computer models to assess what needs to be done to restrict global warming to between 1.5 degrees Celsius, the aspirational limit adopted by the Paris Agreement on climate change.

Unless carbon emissions are curtailed, climate change may expose 1.5 billion people in South Asia to potentially lethal heat and humidity in the near future, according to National Geographic.