It’s getting hotter

According to new data from the EU Climate Change Service (C3S), global temperature on November 17 2.07 degrees higher For the pre-industrial average. “It was the first day that global temperatures rose more than 2 degrees above 1850-1900 levels.”said C3S Vice President Samantha Burgess.

Preliminary data shows that The record continued on Saturday, when the temperature was about 2.06 degrees above the pre-industrial averageAccording to Copernicus’ report. This information is still being clarified.

The 2015 Paris Agreement set the goal of limiting the increase in global average temperature to 1.5 degrees. Remember that some days have temperature records I don’t want to sayWe have generally exceeded this threshold because it is measured over longer time periods. According to official data, today the planet has warmed by 1.2 degrees compared to the base period.

This probably isn’t the last record. October was the warmest month on record worldwide, as has every month since June. It is almost certain that all of 2023 will surpass 2016 as the warmest year on record. In addition to these official records, scientists say much older indirect evidence of climate, such as tree rings or ice cores, suggests that this year’s temperatures may be unprecedented in human history, potentially the warmest in more than 100,000 years.