Why Global Warming Is a Bigger Threat than Initially Conceived?

In 1988, climate scientist James Hansen shook the world when he famously testified before Congress that global warming was affecting our planet.

Why Global Warming Is a Bigger Threat than Initially Conceived?

Now, the former director of NASA’s Goddard Institute has another dire message for humanity: that simply reducing greenhouse gas emissions won’t be enough.

The Accelerating Rate of Global Warming

In a new study set to be published in the journal Oxford Open Climate Change, Hansen and his team of researchers found that the rate of global warming is accelerating — a controversial claim even amongst climate scientists.

The Paris Agreement Limits

According to these new estimates, we’re on track to blow past 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming — a limit set by world leaders in the 2015 Paris Agreement — sometime during this decade. And by 2050, we’ll already have hit 2 degrees Celsius.

The Paris Agreement Limits

Hansen’s Stark Warning

“The 1.5 degree limit is deader than a doornail,” Hansen said at a news conference on Thursday, as quoted by The New York…