Burning all fossil fuels would 'cook' Earth, raise temperatures 8 degrees: study

By Peter Hannam
Updated May 24 2016 - 7:13am, first published 7:07am
A mother and a child with his head covered with a wet towel to protect them from the scorching heatwave last week in India that set a record temperature in India of 51 degrees. Photo: Channi Anand
A mother and a child with his head covered with a wet towel to protect them from the scorching heatwave last week in India that set a record temperature in India of 51 degrees. Photo: Channi Anand
A girl drinks water from an irrigation tube near Jammu last weekend as India's heatwave rolled on. Photo: Channi Annand
A girl drinks water from an irrigation tube near Jammu last weekend as India's heatwave rolled on. Photo: Channi Annand

Burning all the world's known fossil fuels would result in the release of the equivalent of 5 trillion tonnes of carbon dioxide and drive global temperatures 8 degrees warmer than pre-industrial levels by 2300, a report by Canadian researchers has found.

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