Climate 'carbon budget' soon maxed out: study

Climate 'carbon budget' soon maxed out: study Paris (AFP) Feb 23, 2016 - The window of opportunity for humanity to cap global warming by slashing greenhouse gases is closing faster than previously thought, according to a study released Tuesday. Earlier estimates of our "carbon budget" - the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide we can still put into the atmosphere without warming Earth by more than two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) - have ranged fro ... morehttp://www.terradaily.com/reports/Climate_carbon_budget_soon_maxed_out_study_999.html