Global warming to cost trillions.A study commissioned by Friends of the Earth warns inaction in·ac·tion n. Lack or absence of action. inaction Noun lack of action; inertia Noun 1. on global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. will costs trillions by the end of the century, even without counting biodiversity biodiversity: see biological diversity. biodiversity Quantity of plant and animal species found in a given environment. Sometimes habitat diversity (the variety of places where organisms live) and genetic diversity (the variety of traits expressed loss or unpredictable events, Reuters News Service reports. "The climate system has enormous momentum, as does the economic system," study co-author Frank Ackerman told Reuters: We have to start turning off greenhouse gas greenhouse gas n. Any of the atmospheric gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. greenhouse gas emissions now in order to avoid catastrophe in decades to come." The general scientific consensus now is that average temperatures will rise by two to six degrees Celsius by the end of the century. The report came a day after oil giant Shell called for businesses to view climate change as a chance to make millions from new technologies to cut carbon emissions. |
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