Scientists explain why the record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge. Warming may be worsening
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/scientists-explain-record-shattering-2023-heat-edge-warming-106324686
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bentropy@feddit.de · 8 pts · 2y
May be worsening? It's worsening for 50 years now 😬
Ephera@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y
As in accelerating. Not just continuously getting warmer, but doing so faster and faster.
XTL@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 2y
Which is what it's been doing for decades
Ephera@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
I mean, yes, but if you view the bump in 2015 as some anomaly, then things were actually surprisingly linear, starting in the 70s:
Source: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/global-temperatures
2023 isn't on that chart yet, but same organisation, same baseline period, puts it at 1.2°C (Source).
So, not only does it confirm that the 2015 bump was not an anomaly, 2023 is actually an even bigger bump, which just makes it a lot clearer that we are accelerating.
XTL@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 2y
Yes. I could see either a line or a curve fitting there, but there's a lot more bumps than I expected.
Really interesting graph. Thank you.