Forecasters Warn , Earth May Hit Critical Warming Threshold , Before 2026.
'Time' reports that the Earth is inching closer to a warming threshold that multiple international agreements are aimed at preventing.
According to teams of meteorologists around the world, there is almost a 50-50 chance that the planet will reach that threshold within the next five years.
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The warning prediction was issued on May 9 by a team of 11 different forecast centers working with the World Meteorological Organization.
'Time' reports that just last year, the same forecasters said that the odds of hitting the temperature threshold were at 40%.
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Ten years earlier, they said the odds were just at 10%.
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In this year's report, the team also predicted that there is a 93% chance the planet will experience five years of record-breaking heat.
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We’re going to see continued warming in line with what is expected with climate change, Leon Hermanson, U.K. Met Office senior scientist, via 'Time'.
We’re going to see continued warming in line with what is expected with climate change, Leon Hermanson, U.K. Met Office senior scientist, via 'Time'.
The world has already warmed approximately 1.1 degrees Celsius since the late 1800s.
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In 2018, the United Nations warned of dramatic and dangerous effects on the world if warming exceeds 1.5 degrees Celsius.
In 2018, the United Nations warned of dramatic and dangerous effects on the world if warming exceeds 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Regardless of what is predicted here, we are very likely to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next decade or so, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that we are committed to this in the long term — or that working to reduce further change is not worthwhile, Gavin Schmidt, NASA top climate scientist, via 'Time'.
Regardless of what is predicted here, we are very likely to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next decade or so, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that we are committed to this in the long term — or that working to reduce further change is not worthwhile, Gavin Schmidt, NASA top climate scientist, via 'Time'
