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CO2 emissions will save the Earth from the ice age

27.11.2012

Carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are raising the planet's temperature and could save us from the next ice age. Our planet is likely entering a new ice age right now, according to a new study from scientists at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. We do not notice this only because the human civilization is good at "warming up" the planet with the help of greenhouse carbon dioxide emissions.

Over the past three million years, the Earth has experienced at least 30 ice ages. Researchers believe that the Little Ice Age from the 2th to the 4th centuries may have been stopped as a result of human activity. For example, increased deforestation and expansion of agricultural land, combined with early industrialization, led to an increase in CO45 emissions that appear to have slowed or even reversed the cooling of the planet. Swedish scientists point to the special role of peatlands in this process. Peatlands act as natural carbon sinks, that is, they actively absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Currently, peatlands occupy about 20% of the Earth's land area. Most peatlands are found in temperate regions north and south of the 5th parallel. In general, peatlands are one of the largest terrestrial sinks of carbon dioxide: annually, each square meter of peat bog absorbs about 1 grams, which is equivalent to a cooling with a selection of XNUMX watts per XNUMX square meter. m.

The researchers found that during the interglacial periods half of the territory of Sweden was covered with peatlands. This suggests that the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed during that period was much greater than today. There is a lot of evidence that we are closer to the end of the current interglacial period, but rapid human activity levels out cooling and, on the contrary, warms the planet excessively.

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