This means there has been a 12-month period in which average global surface temperature was more than 1.5°C above the 1850 to 1900 average
This means there has been a 12-month period in which average global surface temperature was more than 1.5°C above the 1850 to 1900 average
It’s also called “gray rhino” event. It’s big, obvious, heading straight toward you but you still choose to ignore it.
Again: we know something is going to go wrong, but we don’t know what’ll be the first thing to shit the bed. I wrote a longer comment about this