The year 2023 is almost definitely the hottest ever recorded say two major global climate bodies, as data shows October smashed the previous monthly record by 0.4 degrees.
This year is “virtually certain” to be the hottest in 125,000 years, as October broke global monthly heat records for the fifth time this year.October marked the fifth time this year that the Earth broke heat records.“When we combine our data with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, then we can say that this is the warmest year for the last 125,000 years,” Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service told Reuters.
The data comes just weeks before COP28, the annual United Nations climate meeting, where governments will discuss how to limit and prepare for future climate change as well as what progress has been made to reduce emissions since the 2015 Paris Agreement.Melbourne University climate scientist Dr Andrew King said while El Nino was contributing to the heat, it didn’t explain the massive temperature anomalies.
“This might seem like an unusually hot year, but in 10 or 20 years this won’t seem that unusual which is a scary thought. This is what is expected with global warming.” “This might seem like an unusually hot year, but in 10 or 20 years this won’t seem that unusual which is a scary thought. This is what is expected with global warming.”
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