Is Global Warming Slowing Down 2024. The rapidly accelerating melting of earth’s polar ice sheets — including ice atop greenland (shown here) — is slowing the planet’s spin, which affects global. As polar ice melts, more water flows towards the equator and the impact can be likened to a figure skater who stretches out their arms.
Scientists said that drastic emissions reductions were needed this decade to keep global warming below 1.5c and protect the world’s most vulnerable ecosystems and. A 2021 pledge by more than 100 nations to cut methane emissions from anthropogenic sources 30 percent by 2030 might not slow global warming as much as.