New research shows the planet on track to top a warming benchmark next year. Many at COP28 remain hopeful the world can avoid that threshold.

  • Einar@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Here is where the article tells us what to expect probably from next year forward:

    A surge of global temperatures that began this summer provided an initial picture of how a planet 1.5 degrees hotter will look: Unprecedented heat at the limits of human survival. Antarctic sea ice astonishingly far below its record minimum. Devastating floods, fires and other weather extremes that have been linked to climate change.

    This is where we stand:

    The team of scientists projected that the temperature of the planet could consistently exceed the 1.5C threshold within seven years if emission levels hold.

    A large part of earth’s population is in for a rough ride. To put it mildly.