Scientists predict 'profoundly distressing scenes of suffering' will unfold as temperature, ocean and ice records all tumble.
d and freshwater'The climate situation is now so bad that life on Earth is imperilled, the scientists said, pointing to 20 of 35 identified planetary vital signs that are teetering at record extremes.Trends in the report revealed new all-time climate-related records and deeply concerning patterns of climate-related disasters, scientists said.
"Life on planet Earth is under siege," the report said, while presenting a range of climate and disaster data scientists said showed that "we are now in an uncharted territory". "We are entering an unfamiliar domain regarding our climate crisis, a situation no one has ever witnessed firsthand in the history of humanity."In July, Earth recorded its highest average surface temperature ever; scientists said there was reason to believe it was the highest temperature in the last 100,000 years.
"Exceptional heat waves" had swept the world, leading to record high temperatures, and the oceans "have been historically warm" in 2023.All of those climate indicators were a sign that "we are pushing our planetary systems into dangerous instability", the report said. Professor William Ripple, a lead co-author of the report, was deeply concerned by his team's findings, and feared for a kind of societal "collapse" and what may be coming.
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