1.5C Warming Limit Too High

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Scientists warn 1.5°C warming limit is too HIGH - target should be 1°C

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Researchers from the University of Durham say the world needs to stay within just 1C of the pre-industrial average to avoid catastrophic sea level rise.

With current warming levels already at 1.2C , this means the world must cool down to avoid disaster.

They found there was 'no evidence to suggest it will halt or even slow the rate of SLR [Sea Level Rise] from the world's ice sheets' The mass loss from these ice sheets has quadrupled since the 1990s , with 370 billion tonnes of ice melting each year .

'Global temperatures were around 1C above pre-industrial back then and carbon dioxide concentrations were 350 parts per million, which others have suggested is a much safer limit for planet Earth . 'What is very clear is that the sooner we slow and stop the warming, the easier it will be to return to safe levels.'.

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