Danger: The Earth continuously exceeds the allowable CO2 concentration, there is no sign of slowing down

The Paris Agreement on Climate Change is officially valid and approved by the world's two largest carbon emissions, the goal is that the world will be no warmer than 2 degrees Celsius until 2100. However, this goal is very difficult to implement when only this year we have recorded so many new temperature record thresholds, it seems that the worst scenario may be even worse in the near future.

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This year, the density of CO2 in the atmosphere is always above 400 parts per million (ppm), maybe even exceeding 410 ppm.

This number is 280 ppm in the pre-industrial stage, which means a record increase of 43% of the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere has been recorded since the end of the 18th century. This causes a 10-fold increase in global warming .

Imagine the following scenario. The ocean is the place to store the largest amount of CO2 on the planet. Maybe in the atmosphere the amount of CO2 is still more, but the oceans have absorbed so much CO2 that if they release it all back to the atmosphere in one night, the world will warm up to billions. 360 times faster than usual.

The graph shows CO2 levels (parts per million or ppm) in the atmosphere last September, measured at Mauna speakers, Hawaii.Red is the average by the hour, yellow is the average by day.Notice most of the time, the index is always above 400 ppm.(Photo: NOAA)

From this point forward, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere will continue to escalate at a faster rate. The Paris Agreement on climate change will take time to implement and be effective, but emissions will continue to escalate in the next few decades, according to calculations by most experts. Some argue that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere will become too much, that the limit of temperature rise of 2 degrees C will only be feasible until 2030 instead of 2100.

In fact, with this momentum, we will double the CO2 concentration at pre-industrial levels, at 560 ppm at 2100. A study shows that this will warm the Earth to a heat level. overwhelmed: 9 degrees C. And the inevitable consequence is more natural disasters, food shortages, submerged cities [when sea levels rise due to polar ice melting], and the collapse of The world economy - a glimpse of the future's worst scenario.

Of course, this is a problem that can be prevented and minimized. The key lies in shifting to renewable energy (or green energy), such as solar, wind, rain, tides, waves and geothermal - energy sources in the production process that do not discharge. co2 gas.

This scenario is not too far away. For example, scientists estimate that the entire United States, with a demand for electricity consumption of 4,082 megawatt hours per year, could be operated only by a wind power field approximately the capital area. Hanoi (more than 3000 square kilometers).

A wind power field in Wyoming, USA.(Photo: Internet)

Or Indonesia, with several hundred volcanoes, estimated to own 40% of Earth's geothermal resources, could take advantage of this to harness electricity.

Rinjani Volcano on Lombok Island, Indonesia, one of several hundred volcanoes on this island nation.(Photo: Reuters)

A geothermal plant in Indonesia.(Photo: AFP)

So the remaining countries? It can be used in combination with nuclear energy (technical requirements required, no specific resources are available) and other green energy sources.

For many reasons, 2016 is a very worrying year. Currently the scenario is quite certain, that this year will be a record hot year, a stifling year in CO2 emissions.