Greenhouse gases will heat up planet ‘for ever’

Independent: Global warming is for ever, some of the world’s top climate scientists have concluded. Their research shows that carbon dioxide emitted from today’s homes, cars and factories will continue to heat up the planet for hundreds of thousands of years. Their findings — which contradict a widespread belief that the atmosphere would recover quickly once humanity stopped polluting it — come at the beginning of the most crucial week for the climate this year. Tomorrow Britain’s powerful …

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