Taking into account all known factors, the planet warmed 0.2 °C more last year than climate scientists expected. More and better data are urgently needed.
We need answers for why 2023 turned out to be the warmest year in possibly the past 100,000 years. And we need them quickly.
I mean, I understand the sentiment, but science doesn’t go around shouting EVERYTHING IS FUCKED without empirical evidence. Here’s Steffen et al., 2015:
All of them - ocean temp, ocean salinity, ocean’s ability to absorb CO2, air temp… and # of species disappearing, especially insect.
Source: Rockström et al., 2009
The last 15 years have been defined by accelerationists who painted the whole thing red to match their team color
I mean, I understand the sentiment, but science doesn’t go around shouting EVERYTHING IS FUCKED without empirical evidence. Here’s Steffen et al., 2015: