Hottest January on record sees the world reach 1.7°C warming mark
www.newscientist.com
The global average temperature in January 2024 was 1.7°C above pre-industrial levels for the month, meaning the planet has breached the 1.5°C benchmark for the past 12 months

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

  • vexikron@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    7 months ago

    Yep, they all go together and all rapidly escalate and compound upon each other.

    No you cannot predict /exactly/ what will happen.

    But you can look at any analogous situation of a civilization collapse historically and combine that with a basic knowledge of modern political science and economics and a bit of psychology to understand that shit will get so bad that no government, corporation, ngo, your favorite trillionaire or political ideology will be able to stop the downward spiral.