How fast can we stop Earth from warming?
- Written by Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
The ocean retains heat for much longer than land does. Aliraza Khatri's Photography via Getty ImagesGlobal warming doesn’t stop on a dime. If people everywhere stopped burning fossil fuels tomorrow, stored heat would still continue to warm the atmosphere.
Picture how a radiator heats a home. Water is heated by a boiler, and the hot water...