2026 State of the Climate Report Shows a Planet Reaching Its Limits - Eos
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The seventh edition of an annual report analyzing Earth’s "planetary vital signs” indicates that Earth systems are rapidly destabilizing, some at an accelerating rate.  The report, published today in BioScience, analyzed 16 of these signs, including greenhouse gas emissions levels, ocean heat content and acidity, the mass of major ice sheets, the number of hot days, Earth's surface temperature, and more.
  • TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Still, encouraging trends exist as well, mainly the rapid expansion of renewable energy capacity and battery storage. In 2025, for example, renewable energy surpassed coal in global electricity generation…

    Yeah we’re building out renewables like crazy but it’s not resulting in greenhouse gas emissions reductions, because while renewables are meeting nearly all new demand, they’re not replacing existing demand. So despite the fact that electricity generation from renewables is expected to increase about another 50% between 2025 and 2030, greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation are expected to remain flat over the same period. Electricity emissions aren’t going up, but they’re not going down, either.

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