• Question: do you believe global warming can be stopped? is so how?

    Asked by tosinoxo to Sadaf, Katie, Kat, Andrew on 19 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Andrew Swale

      Andrew Swale answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      Scientists have differing opinions on this

      Completely stopping global warming in my opinion is not realistic and what we should aim for is to slow down global warming as much as possible by continuing to cut our greenhouse gas emissions

Comments

  • Photo: fredrick22

    fredrick22 commented on :

    So it’s not possible to undo its effects at all?

  • Photo: Andrew

    Andrew commented on :

    We can attempt to reverse it, but it requires a huge effort and would take a very long time – here is a good snippet from an online article: –

    “But even if we were to convince everyone to stop cutting down trees, start re-foresting the planet, switch to environmentally friendly fuels and energy production methods, and generally try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Earth’s temperature could continue to climb. It could take as long as 1,000 years after a complete halt of greenhouse gas emissions for environmental measures like sea level and ocean surface temperature to return to pre-industrial levels. In addition, other factors besides greenhouse gas emissions can contribute to global warming”