[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"question:87:en-US":3},{"metadata":4,"sys":7,"fields":28},{"tags":5,"concepts":6},[],[],{"space":8,"id":13,"type":14,"createdAt":15,"updatedAt":16,"environment":17,"publishedVersion":21,"revision":22,"contentType":23,"locale":27},{"sys":9},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"Link","Space","ghhpjogyw4x7","7aa54e662a0e1bb8c09fae6ac8483809","Entry","2021-11-11T07:10:36.861Z","2022-11-17T22:50:05.204Z",{"sys":18},{"id":19,"type":10,"linkType":20},"master","Environment",49,17,{"sys":24},{"type":10,"linkType":25,"id":26},"ContentType","question","en-US",{"isRemoved":29,"isHidden":29,"globalId":30,"answers":31,"answersAsImages":51,"wrongPercentage":87,"name":88,"questionText":89,"statistics":90,"veryWrongStatistics":92,"correctSentence":94,"youWereWrong":95,"youWereRight":96,"dataSourceShortText":97,"dataSourceLinkLongText":98,"extendedAnswerText":99,"headingVeryWrong":100,"youWereVeryWrong":95,"headingWrong":100},true,"87",[32,53,70],{"metadata":33,"sys":36,"fields":49},{"tags":34,"concepts":35},[],[],{"space":37,"id":39,"type":14,"createdAt":40,"updatedAt":41,"environment":42,"publishedVersion":44,"revision":45,"contentType":46,"locale":27},{"sys":38},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"91fed7d19c6097eb0f0c6ac440e6572d","2021-11-11T06:56:17.342Z","2022-10-19T07:58:39.253Z",{"sys":43},{"id":19,"type":10,"linkType":20},13,8,{"sys":47},{"type":10,"linkType":25,"id":48},"answer",{"globalId":50,"correctAnswer":51,"isVeryWrong":29,"answerText":52},"87-a1",false,"Less than 10% of today’s amount",{"metadata":54,"sys":57,"fields":67},{"tags":55,"concepts":56},[],[],{"space":58,"id":60,"type":14,"createdAt":61,"updatedAt":62,"environment":63,"publishedVersion":44,"revision":45,"contentType":65,"locale":27},{"sys":59},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"8433dcc5d4794e40c0def6dc8b4ff71e","2021-11-11T06:56:18.856Z","2022-10-19T07:58:39.229Z",{"sys":64},{"id":19,"type":10,"linkType":20},{"sys":66},{"type":10,"linkType":25,"id":48},{"globalId":68,"correctAnswer":51,"isVeryWrong":51,"answerText":69},"87-a2","Almost 50% of today’s amount",{"metadata":71,"sys":74,"fields":84},{"tags":72,"concepts":73},[],[],{"space":75,"id":77,"type":14,"createdAt":78,"updatedAt":79,"environment":80,"publishedVersion":44,"revision":45,"contentType":82,"locale":27},{"sys":76},{"type":10,"linkType":11,"id":12},"4b1c8e361ddc09c9ba3d41d6fcf86379","2021-11-11T06:56:20.652Z","2022-10-19T07:58:39.193Z",{"sys":81},{"id":19,"type":10,"linkType":20},{"sys":83},{"type":10,"linkType":25,"id":48},{"globalId":85,"correctAnswer":29,"isVeryWrong":51,"answerText":86},"87-a3","More than 90% of today's amount",81,"CO2 in 100 years","If all emissions of CO2 completely stopped right now, how much of the current CO2 in the atmosphere would still be there 100 years from now?",[91],"uk 0.81",[93],"uk 0.16","More than 90% of CO2 currently in the atmosphere would still be there in 100 years if we stopped emissions immediately.","A hundred years from now, almost all the extra CO2 will still be in the atmosphere. ","They don’t realize that 100 years from now almost all the extra CO2 will still be in the atmosphere. ","Source: Zickfield et al","It is a well established scientific fact that it takes many, many years for CO2 (carbon dioxide) to leave the atmosphere. The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the most authoritative scientific collaboration about climate change and discusses the time it takes for CO2 to be removed from the atmosphere on page 642 of the Sixth Assessment Report.[3] There is is a good explanation of how long CO2 hangs around in the atmosphere in [this post from the Royal Society.](https:\u002F\u002Froyalsociety.org\u002Ftopics-policy\u002Fprojects\u002Fclimate-change-evidence-causes\u002Fquestion-20\u002F) which uses  [our main source for this question](https:\u002F\u002Fjournals.ametsoc.org\u002Fview\u002Fjournals\u002Fclim\u002F26\u002F16\u002Fjcli-d-12-00584.1.xml) to explain.\n\n[1]  [Zickfield et al, “Long-Term Climate Change Commitment and Reversibility: An EMIC Intercomparison” published in the Journal of Climate in May 2013](https:\u002F\u002Fjournals.ametsoc.org\u002Fview\u002Fjournals\u002Fclim\u002F26\u002F16\u002Fjcli-d-12-00584.1.xml)\n\n[2]  [The Royal Society - If emissions of greenhouse gases were stopped, would the climate return to the conditions of 200 years ago?](https:\u002F\u002Froyalsociety.org\u002Ftopics-policy\u002Fprojects\u002Fclimate-change-evidence-causes\u002Fquestion-20\u002F) \n\n[3]  [IPCC - Sixth Assessment Report (page 642)](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ipcc.ch\u002Freport\u002Far6\u002Fwg1\u002Fdownloads\u002Freport\u002FIPCC_AR6_WGI_Chapter04.pdf)\n\n[4]  [“Plants absorb more CO2 than we thought, but” article in The Conversation from October 2014, by Pep Canadell](https:\u002F\u002Ftheconversation.com\u002Fplants-absorb-more-co2-than-we-thought-but-32945) \n","Most people probably know that plants take in carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air during photosynthesis, and they probably assume that plants somehow will capture all the extra CO2 we have emitted from burning fossil fuels. But the plants' total capacity is limited, and it will take many centuries for them to do the job of recapturing all that carbon. Only some 10% will have disappeared in 100 years, and that will mainly have been absorbed by the oceans, not by plants.\n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nNot understanding this scientific fact can mean that people might not recognize why there is such an urgent need to try to reduce carbon emissions to zero.  \n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nIt is intuitive to think that reducing carbon emissions will immediately reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere but that isn’t the case, unfortunately.\n\n### Can I trust this fact?\nYes. It is a well established scientific fact that it takes many, many years for CO2 to leave the atmosphere. The four independent experts we consulted about this question agreed with our correct answer.\n","CO2 disappears slowly"]