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Just what damage can the emissions from a new fossil fuel facility cause? A new tool has estimates

The Guardian UK Thursday 15 October 2026, 19:00 UTC By Nick Evershed 1 min read
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From crop failures to coral bleaching, a new tool developed by climate scientists aims to predict in detail the impacts of each megatonne of carbon emissionsWant to get more charts in your inbox every fortnight? Sign up for The Crunch hereThe emissions from a single coalmine expansion might not seem like a lot when compared with the scale of global emissions, which are measured in gigatonnes (that’s one thousand million tonnes).However, scientists have been saying for years that every tonne...

From crop failures to coral bleaching, a new tool developed by climate scientists aims to predict in detail the impacts of each megatonne of carbon emissions

The emissions from a single coalmine expansion might not seem like a lot when compared with the scale of global emissions, which are measured in gigatonnes (that’s one thousand million tonnes).

However, scientists have been saying for years that every tonne of carbon dioxide adds to global warming, and every fraction of a degree increase matters.

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