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Gabriel Filippelli has answered Likely
An expert from Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis in Geochemistry, Paleoclimatology
Yes, we are nearing 1.5 degrees of warming. If we reduce carbon emissions to zero tomorrow, natural processes in the carbon cycle will slowly act to pull out the excess carbon, but these take decades to centuries. But the good thing is if we reduce emissions to zero tomorrow, temperatures will stop rising in just a few years and stabilize—so basically an immediate impact on temperature rise.
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