>Bill McGuire, a professor emeritus of geophysical and climate hazards at University College London, said there were “no surprises” from the report, “to the extent that every measure reported, whether it be global temperature, sea level rise or sea ice extent, points to the fact that we are in deep shit”.
The good news is that we’re still on track to beat our personal best for ocean heat. The bad news is we’ve been doing it every single year since 2023. And the more alarming worst news is when climate scientists have upgraded from "significant cause for concern" to saying that the planet is "in deep shit." In a simple term, even a 1% increase in temperature is big enough to cause global warming and natural disasters.
>Bill McGuire, a professor emeritus of geophysical and climate hazards at University College London, said there were “no surprises” from the report, “to the extent that every measure reported, whether it be global temperature, sea level rise or sea ice extent, points to the fact that we are in deep shit”.
>“It is this growing imbalance – rather than just emissions – that most accurately tracks global heating and how quickly our planet will continue to heat up in the decades to come. This is because natural feedbacks are now coming into play that are driving up the temperature more rapidly than 20 years ago.
>“The widely publicised idea that we are still on track for 2.6-2.8C by the end of the century now seems wildly optimistic, if not downright impossible.”
TGAILA | 3 hours ago
>Bill McGuire, a professor emeritus of geophysical and climate hazards at University College London, said there were “no surprises” from the report, “to the extent that every measure reported, whether it be global temperature, sea level rise or sea ice extent, points to the fact that we are in deep shit”.
The good news is that we’re still on track to beat our personal best for ocean heat. The bad news is we’ve been doing it every single year since 2023. And the more alarming worst news is when climate scientists have upgraded from "significant cause for concern" to saying that the planet is "in deep shit." In a simple term, even a 1% increase in temperature is big enough to cause global warming and natural disasters.
[OP] The_Weekend_Baker | 4 hours ago
>Bill McGuire, a professor emeritus of geophysical and climate hazards at University College London, said there were “no surprises” from the report, “to the extent that every measure reported, whether it be global temperature, sea level rise or sea ice extent, points to the fact that we are in deep shit”.
>“It is this growing imbalance – rather than just emissions – that most accurately tracks global heating and how quickly our planet will continue to heat up in the decades to come. This is because natural feedbacks are now coming into play that are driving up the temperature more rapidly than 20 years ago.
>“The widely publicised idea that we are still on track for 2.6-2.8C by the end of the century now seems wildly optimistic, if not downright impossible.”
paulsteinway | an hour ago
We'll get on that as soon as the economy is running perfectly the way we want.
Clean-Shift-291 | 43 minutes ago
Hurry! More data centers!! /s…