In 2023, climate-change indicators reached new heights, WMO reports
 

In 2023, climate-change indicators reached new heights, WMO reports
By: Air Quality Matters 03-19-24
Re: https://alankandel.scienceblog.com/

In 2023, climate-change indicators reached new heights, WMO reports
March 19, 2024

A new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) shows that records were once again broken, and in some cases smashed, for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, Antarctic sea ice cover and glacier retreat.

Heatwaves, floods, droughts, wildfires and rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones caused misery and mayhem, upending every-day life for millions and inflicting many billions of dollars in economic losses, according to the WMO State of the Global Climate 2023 report.

The WMO report confirmed that 2023 was the warmest year on record, with the global average near-surface temperature at 1.45 °Celsius (with a margin of uncertainty of ± 0.12 °C) above the pre-industrial baseline. It was the warmest ten-year period on record.

“Sirens are blaring across all major indicators… Some records aren’t just chart-topping, they’re chart-busting. And changes are speeding-up.” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.

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Personal note: Not extreme but is climbing. Temperature increases are increasing
due to climate changes and air pollution. Surely water levels in the North & South
will melt down which will add to higher ocean levels and shore flooding may
result along the borders.
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