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World breaches key 1.5C warming mark for record number of days
This last summer in the northern hemisphere was awfully hot in many parts of the world. But how hot? Well, 2023 is going to be the warmest year on record because as of October 2, there have already been 86 days whose temperature record went beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial average between 1850-1900. The Paris Agreement in 2015 was signed by world political leaders to make every effort to keep the long-term rise in global temperatures under 1.5 degrees Celsius to prevent catastrophic climate changes. But in the first nine months of this year, the temperature went 1.4 degrees above the pre-industrial level. And September as a whole was 1.75 degrees higher. This is partly due to the El Niño cycle that has started this year, a warming of the ocean surface or above-average sea surface temperatures, in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Not surprisingly, it is predicted to be warmer next year. Will the world leaders divide or unite at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai next month to COPE with the present and clear danger?
Read the article and learn about ongoing global warming that seems to already have passed the threshold.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66857354
World breaches key 1.5C warming mark for record number of days
This last summer in the northern hemisphere was awfully hot in many parts of the world. But how hot? Well, 2023 is going to be the warmest year on record because as of October 2, there have already been 86 days whose temperature record went beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial average between 1850-1900. The Paris Agreement in 2015 was signed by world political leaders to make every effort to keep the long-term rise in global temperatures under 1.5 degrees Celsius to prevent catastrophic climate changes. But in the first nine months of this year, the temperature went 1.4 degrees above the pre-industrial level. And September as a whole was 1.75 degrees higher. This is partly due to the El Niño cycle that has started this year, a warming of the ocean surface or above-average sea surface temperatures, in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Not surprisingly, it is predicted to be warmer next year. Will the world leaders divide or unite at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai next month to COPE with the present and clear danger?
Read the article and learn about ongoing global warming that seems to already have passed the threshold.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66857354
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