Although the global lockdown has significantly reduced carbon emissions due to the severity of the coronavirus, it has not had much of an effect on global warming. A new study by scientists has found that the effects will be minimal in the future.
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In a research report published in the scientific journal Nature last May, scientists gave the good news of a reduction in carbon emissions. Global carbon emissions have dropped by about 16 percent due to the lockdown, the report said. Compared to the same period last year, about 17 million tons less carbon was emitted during the days of the lockdown.
However, another study by Nature, published on August 6, 2020, said that although the prevalence of greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution was much lower than before, it did not have much of an impact on global warming. Scientists say that the trend of rising temperatures by 2030 could be only 0.01 degrees Celsius. Not that it won't work, but it's much more disappointing than scientists expect.
Scientists hope that if governments and states can do more greening in the future and reduce the excess use of fossil fuels, it will not be impossible to stop temperatures from rising by 1.5 degrees Celsius in the middle of this century. Scientists are therefore looking to governments for goodwill and to the best of their ability to keep pace with global warming.
