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Climate change records may indicate global warming is accelerating faster than expected
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Mon, 2024-12-16 12:39 — mike kraft
Global climate records in 2023 and 2024 defy scientific explanation The record heat during 2023 and 2024 was a topic of debate at a recent climate science meeting. Axios
The year is closing out with more global temperature records that, in aggregate, largely defy what many climate scientists expected for 2024.
Why it matters: Among the potential factors driving this year's — as well as 2023's — record warmth is the unsettling possibility that global warming is accelerating and the planet's climate behaving differently than expected.
- If so, the climate scenarios that form the basis for countries' decarbonization goals could be faulty, with higher warming levels and greater societal consequences likely to arrive sooner than expected.
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