The world has ALREADY exceeded the critical 1.5°C warming threshold, study warns - and scientists say time is running out to curb climate change
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The world has ALREADY exceeded the critical 1.5°C warming threshold, study warns - and scientists say time is running out to curb climate change

Daily Mail  

Time may be running out to curb climate change, scientists have warned - as new data reveals that the critical 1.5°C threshold has already been reached. Scientists say that a new method for attributing human-caused climate change shows that the 1.5°C limit laid out in the Paris Agreement has already been passed This comes after scientists from the Copernicus Climate Change Service said that 2024 is now virtually certain to be the hottest year on record and the first year to exceed 1.5°C above the pre-industrial average Since the global climate system is extremely complex, arriving at an accurate estimate of human's contribution to climate change is a massive challenge. Using this period as a pre-industrial baseline produces estimates for human-caused global warming which are 30 per cent higher Last month was the second hottest October on record, coming in just behind the record-breaking temperatures of 2023 and well beyond the 1.5°C threshold even compared to the 1850-1900 average But by looking directly at human-caused climate change by measuring CO2 levels, we can now calculate the exact human contribution right up to the current month. As world leaders prepare for COP29, the say it will be essential to have reliable and timely estimates for the human contribution to global warming like those provided by this new method As temperatures rise more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial average, scientists warn that extreme weather events like the flooding in Valencia will only become more likely.

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Earth crossed this climate milestone in 2024. Effects will be visible in 2025
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Earth crossed this climate milestone in 2024. Effects will be visible in 2025

India Today  

The world has officially crossed a significant climate milestone, with 2024 becoming the first full year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. This alarming revelation was confirmed by the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service on January 10, 2025, highlighting the urgent need for action against climate change. The rising greenhouse gas emissions are propelling …

Last 2 years crossed 1.5°C global warming limit: EU monitor
1 day, 5 hours ago

Last 2 years crossed 1.5°C global warming limit: EU monitor

The Hindu  

The last two years exceeded on average a critical warming limit for the first time as global temperatures soar "beyond what modern humans have ever experienced", an EU agency said Friday. This does not mean the internationally-agreed 1.5°C warming threshold has been permanently breached, but the Copernicus Climate Change Service said it was drawing dangerously near. Stark warning Johan Rockstrom …

Earth Records Hottest Year Ever In 2024 And The Jump Was So Big It Breached A Key Threshold
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1 day, 6 hours ago

Earth Records Hottest Year Ever In 2024 And The Jump Was So Big It Breached A Key Threshold

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FILE - A woman tries to cool herself while waiting for a bus on a hot day in Skopje, North Macedonia, June 20, 2024. via Associated Press Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday. It surpassed the long-term warming …

What is the latest science telling us about climate change?
3 days, 23 hours ago

What is the latest science telling us about climate change?

The Hindu  

After another record-breaking year for global temperatures in 2024, pressure is rising on policymakers to step up efforts to curb climate change. The last global scientific consensus on the phenomenon was released in 2021 through the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, but scientists say evidence shows global warming and its impacts have since been unfolding faster than expected. Critical point …

Climate change led to 41 additional days of extreme heat in 2024: new report
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Climate change led to 41 additional days of extreme heat in 2024: new report

The Hindu  

Due to climate change, the world experienced an average of 41 more days of extreme heat in 2024, a new report said on Friday. A yearly review report by two groups of climate scientists — World Weather Attribution and Climate Central — said the world saw an average of 41 more days of dangerous heat in 2024. "It is likely …

What climate records were broken in 2024?
2 weeks, 1 day ago

What climate records were broken in 2024?

Al Jazeera  

This year, 2024, is set to become the hottest on record, surpassing the previous high in 2023, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service. The agreement aimed to have countries work towards reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, with a goal of limiting the global average surface temperature increase to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels and striving to keep it …

2024 on its way to being the hottest year ever, break record set in 2023
1 month ago

2024 on its way to being the hottest year ever, break record set in 2023

India Today  

2024 is set to become the hottest year on record, with global temperatures expected to remain elevated into early 2025. This alarming prediction from European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service follows a series of extreme weather events worldwide, including severe droughts, floods, and heatwaves that have wreaked havoc across multiple continents. C3S reported that from January to November 2024, average …

Scientists sound alarm about terrifying ocean event that could bring global devastation
1 month, 1 week ago

Scientists sound alarm about terrifying ocean event that could bring global devastation

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. New research from the University of New South Wales is warning that the impact of that water could make …

Earth is heating up faster than expected and humans are not ready for it
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Earth is heating up faster than expected and humans are not ready for it

India Today  

The world is heating up at an alarming rate, with the last two years, 2023 and 2024, setting new temperature records. As negotiators reach finals rounds of negotiations in Azerbaijan for COP29, the latest round of UN climate change talks, the urgency of addressing global warming has never been more apparent. Land areas are typically warming faster than the global …

Countries agreed to try to hold global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Is that still possible?
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Countries agreed to try to hold global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Is that still possible?

NPR  

Countries agreed to try to hold global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Sponsor Message Because of those delays, "it's a matter of when, not if," that level of warming will be surpassed, says Richard Betts, a climate scientist at the University of Exeter in the U.K. Betts stresses that surpassing the 1.5 C level of warming should not be a …

World close to 1.5C warming limit according to new pre-industrial temperature estimate
1 month, 4 weeks ago

World close to 1.5C warming limit according to new pre-industrial temperature estimate

ABC  

The world has already warmed 1.49 degrees Celsius because of humans compared to pre-industrial levels, according to a new study of carbon dioxide content in Antarctic ice cores. "We know that there's warming baked into the 1850 to 1900 estimate, simply because that is not the beginning of the Industrial Revolution," he said "Significant things had already happened by that …

2024 set to be hottest year on record as temperatures breach 1.5C threshold
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2024 set to be hottest year on record as temperatures breach 1.5C threshold

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The WMO said the global average temperature for January to September 2024 was 1.54C above pre-industrial levels, based on …

Long-term warming currently at 1.3°C above pre-industrial level: WMO
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Long-term warming currently at 1.3°C above pre-industrial level: WMO

Hindustan Times  

Long term warming is currently likely to be about 1.3°C above pre-industrial levels, the World Meteorological Organisation said on Monday. For 16 consecutive months, the global mean temperature likely exceeded anything recorded before, by a wide margin, the World Meteorological Organisation’s consolidated analysis of the datasets said on Monday. The January – September 2024 global mean surface air temperature was …

Earth on track for hottest year in recorded history, passing critical 1.5º warming threshold
2 months ago

Earth on track for hottest year in recorded history, passing critical 1.5º warming threshold

Salon  

The Copernicus Climate Change Service, a European Union organization that monitors global heating, announced on Thursday that the year 2024 will be 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels. "This marks a new milestone in global temperature records and should serve as a catalyst to raise ambition for the upcoming Climate Change Conference, COP29.” "This latest record sends another stark …

2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU climate agency
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2 months ago

2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU climate agency

Raw Story  

A day after U.S. voters elected climate-denying Republican Donald Trump in the presidential race, soon ushering in an administration that is sure to expand fossil fuel drilling, the European Union's Earth observation agency announced that 2024 is "virtually certain" to be the hottest year on record and to hit a worrying temperature milestone. While a single year above the 1.5°C …

2024 will be world's hottest on record, EU scientists say
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2 months ago

2024 will be world's hottest on record, EU scientists say

The Hindu  

This year is "virtually certain" to eclipse 2023 as the world's warmest since records began, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday. C3S said that from January to October, the average global temperature had been so high that 2024 was sure to be the world's hottest year — unless the temperature anomaly in the rest of the …

European climate agency says this will likely be the hottest year on record — again
2 months ago

European climate agency says this will likely be the hottest year on record — again

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — For the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s ever been. And for the first time, the globe this year reached more than 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming compared to the pre-industrial average, the European climate agency Copernicus said Thursday. Going over that number in 2024 doesn’t mean the overall trend line …

Year 2024 to be the first to breach 1.5C warming limit: EU climate agency
2 months ago

Year 2024 to be the first to breach 1.5C warming limit: EU climate agency

Al Jazeera  

The Copernicus Climate Change Service warning comes days before nations are due to gather for crunch climate talks led by the UN. On Thursday, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said this year is also “virtually certain” to eclipse 2023 as the world’s warmest since records began. “This marks a new milestone in global temperature records and should serve as a …

The world is “miles short” of its target to limit climate change, UN reports
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The world is “miles short” of its target to limit climate change, UN reports

Salon  

For the world to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the 200 countries who signed the Paris climate agreement must hit a target of 43% reduction by 2030. Yet according to a recent report by the United Nations agency tasked with tackling global warming, the planet is currently on track to just hit a measly 2.6% reduction in carbon emissions. …

World is on track for a ‘catastrophic’ rise in temperature, UN report says
2 months, 1 week ago

World is on track for a ‘catastrophic’ rise in temperature, UN report says

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world is on track for a “catastrophic” 3.1 degrees Celsius of global warming over …

Global warming will be TWICE as bad as predicted: Earth is on track for 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of warming this century, the UN warns
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Global warming will be TWICE as bad as predicted: Earth is on track for 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of warming this century, the UN warns

Daily Mail  

The world is on track for a 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of global warming by the end of this century, the UN has warned. The world is on track for a 'catastrophic' 3.1°C of global warming by the end of this century, the UN has warned The UN warned the world was currently on track for temperature rises of 2.6°C to 3.1°C, …

World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns
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World on pace for significantly more warming without immediate climate action, report warns

The Independent  

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A new study unpacks the last 485 million years of Earth's temperature history
3 months, 2 weeks ago

A new study unpacks the last 485 million years of Earth's temperature history

Salon  

Climate change deniers inaccurately claim that Earth's rapidly rising temperatures are the mere product of natural cycles. "As a scientist, I’m always cautious of the word 'prove,' but our work demonstrates the important role that atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations play in controlling Earth’s temperature," Emily Joan Judd, the lead study author and paleontologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural …

Watch: The Paris Agreement: countdown to 1.5°C
4 months ago

Watch: The Paris Agreement: countdown to 1.5°C

The Hindu  

“Tipping Point” is a weekly series where we dive into climate change events and the trends shaping our future. In 2015, world leaders gathered in Paris for the 21st United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP21. At the end of this conference, they adopted a legally binding agreement to limit global warming …

Can we avoid 1.5º of global warming? Probably not and our best case scenario is 1.6º, scientists say
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Can we avoid 1.5º of global warming? Probably not and our best case scenario is 1.6º, scientists say

Salon  

When almost 200 nations signed the Paris climate agreement in 2015, they pledged to keep Earth's average temperature to no greater than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The scientists learned that even within all but the most ambitious projections regarding limiting greenhouse gas emissions, humans still fail to fall below the 1.6 degrees Celsius threshold. Speaking to Salon last …

New study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating
7 months ago

New study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating

Associated Press  

The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last year’s surprising record-shattering heat caused by humans, top scientists calculated. They said even with a faster warming rate they don’t see evidence of significant acceleration in human-caused climate change beyond increased fossil fuel burning. “If you look at this world accelerating or going through a …

New study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating
7 months ago

New study finds Earth warming at record rate, but no evidence of climate change accelerating

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The rate Earth is warming …

Two years to save the world from climate catastrophe
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Two years to save the world from climate catastrophe

Live Mint  

“Two years to save the world.” As far as opening lines of speeches go, that would be dramatic in most contexts. In fact, there’s growing disquiet among climate scientists that it is possible that the rate of climate impacts may have been understated—the world seems to be heading for runaway temperature rise; and climate “tipping points” that had seemed far …

And the heat keeps coming: Global temperature record broken for 10th month in a row in March
9 months ago

And the heat keeps coming: Global temperature record broken for 10th month in a row in March

LA Times  

Earth’s worrisome warming trajectory continued unabated last month, with March marking the 10th month in a row that the planet has broken global heat records, international climate officials announced this week. With an average surface temperature of 57.45 degrees Fahrenheit, last month was warmer globally than any previous March on record, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. …

The world has been its hottest on record for 10 months straight. Scientists can't fully explain why
9 months ago

The world has been its hottest on record for 10 months straight. Scientists can't fully explain why

ABC  

In short: Leading climate scientists say there is a margin to the extreme heat the world has experienced over the past year that can't be explained by global warming or known climate drivers. Leading climate scientists say there is a margin to the extreme heat the world has experienced over the past year that can't be explained by global warming …

Data Munching | The numbers don’t lie: the Earth is warming, and rapidly
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Data Munching | The numbers don’t lie: the Earth is warming, and rapidly

Hindustan Times  

Earth is running a fever, and the latest temperature readings aren’t offering much comfort. Last week, climate data released by Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, better known as C3S, presented another warning about the impending climate crisis hovering over humanity — for the first time in recorded human history, 12 consecutive months saw temperatures 1.5 degrees Celsius hotter than pre-industrial …

Global heating breaches 1.5C threshold over full year for first time
11 months ago

Global heating breaches 1.5C threshold over full year for first time

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Global warming has exceeded 1.5C across an entire year for the first time, with January …

World breached 1.5° Celsius limit for entire year for first time: European climate agency
11 months ago

World breached 1.5° Celsius limit for entire year for first time: European climate agency

The Hindu  

The world last month experienced the warmest January on record, with the global mean temperature for the past 12 months exceeding the 1.5° Celsius threshold, according to the European climate agency. Paris agreement In 2015, countries agreed in Paris to limit the average temperature rise to well below 2° Celsius, and preferably to 1.5° Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels, to …

First time world exceeds 1.5C warming limit over 12-month period
11 months ago

First time world exceeds 1.5C warming limit over 12-month period

Al Jazeera  

EU monitors report comes as NASA launches climate satellite to survey oceans and atmosphere in never-before-seen detail. For the first time on record, global warming has exceeded temperatures of 1.5 degrees Celsius over a 12-month period, European climate monitors have said, in what scientists called a “warning to humanity”. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reported the run of …

Data from sea sponges suggest the world has overshot a climate limit, new study says
11 months ago

Data from sea sponges suggest the world has overshot a climate limit, new study says

CNN  

CNN — Using sponges collected off the coast of Puerto Rico in the eastern Caribbean, scientists have calculated 300 years of ocean temperatures and concluded the world has already overshot one crucial global warming limit and is speeding toward another. “The big picture is that global warming, and the urgent need for emission reductions to minimize the risk of dangerous …

Scientists explain why the record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge. Warming may be worsening
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Scientists explain why the record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge. Warming may be worsening

Associated Press  

The latest calculations from several science agencies showing Earth obliterated global heat records last year may seem scary. “The heat over the last calendar year was a dramatic message from Mother Nature,” said University of Arizona climate scientist Katharine Jacobs. They wonder whether human-caused climate change and a natural El Nino were augmented by a freak blip or whether “there’s …

2023 confirmed as hottest year ever as climate records ‘tumbling like dominoes’
1 year ago

2023 confirmed as hottest year ever as climate records ‘tumbling like dominoes’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The findings are hardly surprising, but a global gut-punch nonetheless: 2023 has been confirmed as …

Earth shattered global heat record in ’23 and it’s flirting with warming limit, European agency says
1 year ago

Earth shattered global heat record in ’23 and it’s flirting with warming limit, European agency says

Associated Press  

Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world’s agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the European climate agency said Tuesday. The European climate agency Copernicus said the year was 1.48 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times. In a separate Tuesday press event, international climate scientists who calculate global warming’s role in extreme …

Earth shattered global heat record in '23 and it's flirting with warming limit, European agency says
1 year ago

Earth shattered global heat record in '23 and it's flirting with warming limit, European agency says

The Independent  

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How the climate crisis hit critical stage in 2023
1 year ago

How the climate crisis hit critical stage in 2023

Live Mint  

The word ‘permacrisis’, was voted the word of the year for 2022. It seemed about right, given the fact that people around the world seemed to be stumbling from one crisis to another, be it war, disease, climate impacts or economic devastation. In fact, while December continues to be above average in terms of heat, June to November’s global heat …

Past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports
1 year, 1 month ago

Past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports

CNN  

CNN — The decade between 2011 and 2020 was the hottest on record for the planet’s land and oceans as the rate of climate change “surged alarmingly,” according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization. Climate pollution from all fossil fuel types — coal, oil, and natural gas — increased around the world, the Global Carbon Project found, …

Climate change: The 1.5C threshold explained
1 year, 1 month ago

Climate change: The 1.5C threshold explained

BBC  

Climate change: The 1.5C threshold explained Getty Images As well as rapidly reducing emissions, societies will need to adapt to the immense challenges of a world at 1.5C warming As leaders gather at COP28 in Dubai to discuss the climate crisis and negotiate how the world will address it, we consider one of the most important numbers in climate change: …

3 climate impacts the U.S. will see if warming goes beyond 1.5 degrees
1 year, 1 month ago

3 climate impacts the U.S. will see if warming goes beyond 1.5 degrees

NPR  

3 climate impacts the U.S. will see if warming goes beyond 1.5 degrees As world leaders gather at COP28, the annual climate change negotiations held in Dubai this year, one number will be front and center: 1.5 degrees Celsius. Here are three climate impacts that get substantially worse in the U.S. if the world exceeds 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming. …

Earth was 2 degrees warmer than pre-industrial levels for two days. What does that mean?
1 year, 1 month ago

Earth was 2 degrees warmer than pre-industrial levels for two days. What does that mean?

ABC  

Last week, global temperatures appeared to momentarily breach a threshold set by world governments to try and avoid widespread climate devastation. Key points: Last week, the world's average temperature was briefly 2 degrees warmer than a pre-industrial baseline Over the past 10 months, the average global temperature was more than 1.3C above pre-industrial levels Current greenhouse gas levels and emissions …

Emissions Gap report: ‘World to warm by nearly 3°C without aggressive action’
1 year, 1 month ago

Emissions Gap report: ‘World to warm by nearly 3°C without aggressive action’

The Hindu  

Countries’ current emissions pledges to limit climate change would still put the world on track to warm by nearly 3 degrees Celsius this century, according to a United Nations analysis released on November 20, 2023. The annual Emissions Gap report, which assesses countries’ promises to tackle climate change compared with what is needed, finds the world faces between 2.5°C and …

UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plunge
1 year, 1 month ago

UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit as carbon emissions rise instead of plunge

Associated Press  

Earth is speeding to 2.5 to 2.9 degrees Celsius of global warming since pre-industrial times, set to blow well past the agreed-upon international climate threshold, a United Nations report calculated. The United States’ Inflation Reduction Act, which has $375 billion in spending on clean energy, by 2030 would reduce yearly emissions of carbon dioxide by about 1 billion metric tons, …

This is how far behind the world is on controlling planet-warming pollution
1 year, 1 month ago

This is how far behind the world is on controlling planet-warming pollution

NPR  

This is how far behind the world is on controlling planet-warming pollution Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Thiessen/AP Mark Thiessen/AP The hottest year on record is coming to a close, emissions of planet-warming gases are still rising globally, and the most ambitious climate goal set by world leaders is all but impossible to meet, according to a new analysis …

Earth surpasses critical 2-degree warming threshold, European climate officials say
1 year, 1 month ago

Earth surpasses critical 2-degree warming threshold, European climate officials say

LA Times  

For the first time since record keeping began, Earth has surpassed a critical temperature threshold that scientists have long warned could unleash the worst effects of climate change. Explore the section Two degrees Celsius — or 3.6 degree Fahrenheit — is the internationally agreed upon upper limit of warming established by the 2015 Paris climate agreement. The agreement seeks to …

Scientist says global warming is accelerating. Some experts disagree
1 year, 2 months ago

Scientist says global warming is accelerating. Some experts disagree

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Hansen said a key calculation used in figuring out how much the world will warm in response to carbon …

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