Removing carbon from Earth's atmosphere may not 'fix' climate change

[NickB79]

https://www.space.com/carbon-removal-does-not-reverse-climate-change-effects

In the study, Korean researchers simulated how removing large quantities of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the air might affect the progress of local climate changes related to global warming. The study, based on computer modeling, examined a hypothetical scenario, in which carbon dioxide concentrations continued to rise from present-day levels for 140 years, then were gradually reduced back to the initial levels over another 140-year period.

The researchers were particularly interested in how these changes would affect vulnerable subtropical regions, which are known to suffer from more intense and more frequent droughts as climate change progresses.

The study results suggest that the local climate in these areas would not return to normal for more than 200 years after the carbon dioxide concentrations drop. The Mediterranean region, for example, plagued by ever more severe heatwaves, droughts and wildfires, would continue to suffer and could become even drier, the study found.

Looks like we've really shit the bed for generations to come.

[Takket]

1. i hope when the history books are written on climate change.....

that they don't just blame "politicians" for not acting on it sooner, at least for the USA's role in it. I hope the history books reflect that it was the rethugs, both their politicians and their propaganda outlets like Faux Noise, that blocked every attempt to deal with this on a massive, Earth saving scale. Although somehow I expect in 100 years when our great great great grandkids are having the history lesson downloaded into their neural interface port, it will blame "both sides!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[NickB79]

4. At this point, those history books

May be cave paintings by our descendants living in a post-apocalyptic hellscape.

[Shermann]

2. We're on geological timeframes now

Mother Nature is unimpressed with what a few of our "generations" can do.

[FakeNoose]

3. Mother Nature has a solution

First, kill off 99% of the humans. Then, wait a few millenia.

If anyone has survived by then, they might be smart enough to give it another try.