Recent reports and scientific observations have highlighted unprecedented climate events across the globe, with particular focus on the dramatic temperature increases in Antarctica. In 2024, climate scientists have been alarmed by the biggest jump in temperature ever recorded on Earth, which occurred in the Antarctic, where temperatures surged 38.5°C above the seasonal average. This record-breaking temperature rise is attributed to various factors, including the intensification of poleward winds carrying warm, moist air from lower latitudes deep into the continent. Additionally, the global climate has experienced significant shifts, with 2023 nearing the ominous 1.5°C anthropogenic warming threshold and ocean temperatures remaining abnormally high, continuing to climb in 2024. February of this year was marked as the world's hottest, with Africa enduring the ninth consecutive record-breaking month. These developments have led researchers to warn of previously unthinkable and unseasonal heat extremes, emphasizing the urgent need for preparedness. The warming trends in Antarctica, where the ice sheet covers 14m square kilometres, have been described as if 'the whole climate just fast-forwarded by 50 or 100 years,' emphasizing the severity of the situation.
“Poleward winds, which previously made few inroads into the atmosphere above Antarctica, are now carrying more and more warm, moist air from lower latitudes – including Australia – deep into the continent…” 🔥🇦🇶 https://t.co/GUEHGgJouI
Op-Ed: Antarctica temperature up 38.5C – Unexpected rise is game-changer https://t.co/kJsNdSUm9b
‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe | Climate crisis | The Guardian https://t.co/2dEN9Dk5bb
Very worrying! In Antarctica, , the temperature jumped 38.5 degrees C above average! https://t.co/arUuBXAd69
Antarctica “the region experienced a rise of 38.5C above its seasonal average: a world record.” https://t.co/YgdpqtfKGt
This article has some interesting and alarming data on warming trends in Antarctica. This graph seems very worrisome (I wondered what the total area was and later in the article it says "Antarctica’s ice sheet covers 14m square kilometres"). https://t.co/iF53R5n5G1 https://t.co/fdqIZIY1Jm
BREAKING: staggered climate scientists warn anything is now possible (and they mean anything) after the biggest jump in temperature ever recorded anywhere on Earth occurs in the Antarctic
This February was the world’s hottest. Africa sweltered during the ninth record-breaking month in succession. As the continent cooks, inequality is baked in https://t.co/xN7LmijErL 👇
Last year, ocean temperatures remained abnormally high—and have continued to climb in 2024. “It’s like the whole climate just fast-forwarded by 50 or 100 years. That’s how strange this looks,” a researcher said. https://t.co/5I4QWHssiQ
“climate change was behind the outstanding intensity and frequency, despite the occurrence of El Niño. Given how close 2023 was to the ominous 1.5 °C anthropogenic warming threshold1,2, it is imperative that we prepare for previously unthinkable and unseasonal heat extremes.” https://t.co/1pMJh5mYGM