Open AccessHalf of the IPCC Scenarios to Limit Warming Don’t Work
Author(s) -
Jordan Wilkerson
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo160626
Subject(s) - limit (mathematics) , work (physics) , global warming , environmental science , climatology , warming up , climate change , mathematics , physics , geology , thermodynamics , oceanography , mathematical analysis , biology , physiology
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change showcased 50 scenarios to limit global warming to 1.5C above preindustrial temperatures. A new study finds that only half of those scenarios are realistic.