Sea levels are expected to continue rising for centuries as polar ice sheets will keep melting due to warmer seas caused by excessive carbon emissions. Photo: AFP
Yale professor calls for more research on carbon capture, cutting solar radiation to reduce impact of climate change
- Extreme weather events caused by global warming are not expected to fall after net zero emission is achieved, according to Yale professor Wake Smith
- Global average temperature has already risen 1.1 degrees from pre-industrial levels, and world leaders have pledged to contain it below 2 degrees by 2100 to avert disastrous consequences
Sea levels are expected to continue rising for centuries as polar ice sheets will keep melting due to warmer seas caused by excessive carbon emissions. Photo: AFP