Earth 'Losing Fight Against Global Warming' Research Reveals a Future Where Planet Cannot Cope

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THE Earth is losing its natural resistance to global warming as the oceans and forests reach capacity in their ability to soak up carbon emissions, say scientists.

Using a new computer model, researchers "fastforwarded" 100 years to reveal that unless emissions are curbed, land and seas - the "sinks" for carbon dioxide - will become steadily less effective at removing carbon from the atmosphere, causing the planet to heat faster and increasing temperatures and droughts.

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Earth 'Losing Fight Against Global Warming' Research Reveals a Future Where Planet Cannot Cope

Lead researcher Dr Inez Fung of the University of California, Berkeley, told the Sunday Herald the model debunks one argument put forward by global-warming sceptics that plants will flourish an...

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