| In a race toward global catastrophe, the Earth’s climate has been setting records faster than Katie Ledecky. 2014 was the hottest year on record, until 2015 supplanted it in the record books. After months of history-making heat, it is almost certain that 2016 will take the crown.
Experts say that if we want to keep the global thermostat at a tolerable level, we’ll have to do more than drive Teslas and install solar panels. We’ll have to scrub decades of accumulated carbon pollution from the skies. Techno-utopians envision planet-saving machines that would vacuum up surplus greenhouse gases, but early attempts are costly and impractical. So far, our best tool is a tree..........................................Full Article: Source
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