Climate Change: What Happens after 2100? – Our World
You may have already noticed that future climate projections used by
the international scientific and political communities generally go only
as far as the year 2100. The simple reason for this is that it is
impossible to predict with any degree of accuracy just how much
greenhouse gases are going to be released in the next few centuries, and
just how much this is going to affect the climate.
the international scientific and political communities generally go only
as far as the year 2100. The simple reason for this is that it is
impossible to predict with any degree of accuracy just how much
greenhouse gases are going to be released in the next few centuries, and
just how much this is going to affect the climate.
But don’t be fooled. This does not mean that climate change will
cease to be a problem in the years lying beyond the upper reach of our
most cited climate forecasts. The shocking truth is that climate change
has only just begun. Regardless of future emission trends, the CO2
footprint from our brief passage on Earth is going to remain in the
climate system and impact the well-being of all terrestrial life forms
for what could almost be considered an eternity.