Max Tide @maxtide.bsky.social

Right. But arent the aerosols short lived and the co2 they come with is long-lived? So ending them together still gets us to 1.5-2.5, no? That cooling mask (and how few know about it) is gobsmackingly bananas. Unless, as u say, we get methane down along with other ghgs. (love that plan)

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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 17:31 UTC

More or less. But it also turns out that warming from non-CO2 GHGs more or less cancel our cooling from aerosols, so if you set all emissions to zero you get roughly flat temperatures:

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