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Eukaryotic life dies out on Earth due to carbon dioxide starvation. Only prokaryotes remain. [90] 1.5 billion Callisto is captured into the mean-motion resonance of the other Galilean moons of Jupiter, completing the 1:2:4:8 chain. (Currently only Io, Europa and Ganymede participate in the 1:2:4 resonance.) [100] 1.5–1.6 billion
The biological and geological future of Earth can be extrapolated based on the estimated effects of several long-term influences. These include the chemistry at Earth's surface, the cooling rate of the planet's interior, gravitational interactions with other objects in the Solar System, and a steady increase in the Sun's luminosity.
The green, orange and yellow lines indicate how surface temperatures will likely respond if leading carbon emitters begin to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Without immediate curbs, temperatures are set to follow the red track, and increase between 3.2 and 5.4 degrees Celsius by 2100. The green line shows how we can minimize warming if ...
In January 2011, eleven papers and three introductory articles resulting from the conference were published as a special issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Four degrees and beyond: the potential for a global temperature increase of four degrees and its implications. [5] [6] Many of the papers are free downloads. The ...
Last year was the warmest year on record, and the first with a global average temperature of more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial levels. At current rates of warming, 2 degrees ...
Earth has experienced 12 consecutive months of warming at or above 1.5 degrees Celsius — a threshold for avoiding the worst effects of climate change.
A wealth of new information about Earth’s inner core has surfaced in recent months. Scientists now have evidence that the planet’s innermost layer is changing shape.
As a result the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change predicts a likely increase between 2.1 and 2.9 °C in temperature by 2100, exceeding the 2 °C climate target. [9] Some scientists suggest that the development of decarbonization technologies may offer a way to reverse the accumulation of CO 2 in the atmosphere.