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World breaches key 1.5C warming mark for record number of days

 The world is breaching a key warming threshold at a rate that has
scientists concerned, a BBC analysis has found. On about a third of days in
2023, the average global temperature was at least 1.5C higher than
pre-industrial levels. Staying below that marker long-term is widely
considered crucial to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change.
But 2023 is “on track” to be the hottest year on record, and 2024 could be
hotter. “It is a sign that we’re reaching levels we haven’t been before,”
says Dr Melissa Lazenby, from the University of Sussex.

 BBC 7th Oct 2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66857354

October 9, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change