January 9th, 2024
The increase in global temperature needs to be kept to below 1.5 degrees warmer than pre-industrial temperatures, and 2023 got very, very close!
From the BBC…
Last year was about 1.48C warmer than the long-term average before humans started burning large amounts of fossil fuels, the EU’s climate service says.
Almost every day since July has seen a new global air temperature high for the time of year, BBC analysis shows.
Read the full story
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67861954
Image credit: BBC