The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92 per cent of last year's surprising record-shattering heat caused by humans, top scientists calculated.
Last year the rate of warming hit 0.26 degrees Celsius per decade -- up from 0.25 C the year before. That's not a significant difference, though it does make this year's rate the highest ever, Forster said.
It's not the end of the world or humanity if temperatures blow past the 1.5 limit, but it will be quite bad, scientists said. Past UN studies show massive changes to Earth's ecosystem are more likely to kick in between 1.5 and 2 C of warming, including eventual loss of the planet's coral reefs, Arctic sea ice, species of plants and animals -- along with nastier extreme weather events that kill people.Last year's temperature rise was more than just a little jump.
Scientists had theorized a few explanations for the massive jump in September, which Hausfather called "gobsmacking." Wednesday's report didn't find enough warming from other potential causes. The report said the reduction of sulfur pollution from shipping -- which had been providing some cooling to the atmosphere -- was overwhelmed last year by carbon particles put in the air from Canadian wildfires.
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