This, if it turns out to be true, is terrible news:
International scientists found that inefficiency in the use of fossil fuels increased levels of CO2 by 17%. The other 18% came from a decline in the natural ability of land and oceans to soak up CO2 from the atmosphere. About half of emissions from human activity are absorbed by natural "sinks" but the efficiency of these sinks has fallen, the study suggests. . . .
. . . The weakening of the Earth's ability to cope with greenhouse gases is thought to be a result of changing wind patterns over seas and droughts on land. "The decline in global sink efficiency suggests that stabilisation of atmospheric CO2 is even more difficult to achieve than previously thought," said report co-author Dr Corinne Le Quere of the British Antarctic Survey.
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We're screwd... Time for a beer I think.
How does it feel to be part of a species that is too dumb to live?
After several thousands of years of "civilization" and "cultural refinement," we're following in the footsteps of the dinosaurs. Or to be more accurate, we aren't even able to survive as long as they did. It's definitely time for a beer. Or two.
Dinosaurs were around for hundreds of millions of years. I'd be rather surprised if humanity survived the next thousand years.
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