Global Warming in Chester County, Pennsylvania
and the Northeastern United States
Global Warming is Unsustainable
Global temperatures are rising. This figure shows the steady increase of 0.2oF per decade over the last fifty years for the entire planet.
Local Warming
Temperature data for West Chester in Chester County, PA show a similar increase:
and temperatures could increase locally at the rate of
in this century if global emissions of CO2 and other global warming gases continue to increase. Current GHG emissions are at top of IPCC projection range and are accelerating
NEWS
Recent research by NASA GISS warns
If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change suggest that CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm, but likely less than that.