Scientists say the exceptionally hot year is part of a long-term warming trend that shows hints of accelerating.
There was such a distinctive jump in temperatures about eight to 10 years ago that scientists have started looking at whether the rise in temperatures is speeding up. Both Schmidt and Hausfather said early signs point to that but it’s hard to know for sure.
There’s a 99% chance that 2022 will be among the 10 warmest years on record and a 10% chance it will be the hottest on record, said NOAA climate analysis chief Russell Vose in a Thursday press conference.will hit 1.5 degrees Celsius warming since pre-industrial timesWhile that threshold is important, extreme weather from climate change is hurting people now in their daily lives with about 1.2 degrees Celsius warming, Vose and Schmidt said.
Last year, 1.8 billion people in 25 Asian, African and Middle Eastern nations had their hottest years on record, including China, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Iran, Myanmar and South Korea, according to Berkeley Earth.
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