A new study suggests that human-caused climate change is increasing the coverage and intensity of violent thunderstorm winds during the summer. James Hansen, a prominent climate scientist, has warned that warming will likely accelerate over the next few decades, reaching around 2.2C by 2050. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has stated that climate change threatens to undo decades of progress on improving human health through extreme heat, air pollution, disruption of food systems, and the spread of disease. Another study warns that the Earth's climate is on track to warm significantly more than projected by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Destructive winds from thunderstorms are becoming more widespread across the central US due to warming temperatures. However, some experts have criticized the study's limitations. Climate sensitivity for a doubling of CO2 is estimated to be between 3.6C and 6.0C, with a midpoint of 4.8C. The Earth's warming rate is currently at 0.27C per decade. Straight-line winds associated with thunderstorms are intensifying faster than expected, according to observations. There is ongoing debate about when the world will reach 1.5C above preindustrial levels. Experts are calling for faster action on climate change to avoid a potential disaster.
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"Expert climatologist says the Earth is heating up even faster than predicted" by @MatthewRozsa for @Salon (w/commentary by yours truly) https://t.co/UeefczWpyt
Former head of NASA’s climate group issues dire warning on warming https://t.co/4ep2rRE2dp
Theory suggests that straight line winds associated w/ thunderstorms should intensify at a rate of ~7.5%/°C, but observations indicate they're intensifying faster. Not surprising and not good. https://t.co/wGhpbZeBkE
There is debate about when we'll be at 1.5C above preindustrial, but Hansen was right in 1988 (as an abundance of evidence has shown) & he could be right again. We need faster action on climate change to avoid what could be an accelerating disaster. https://t.co/hQv6KvSbQl
Pioneering scientist says #globalWarming is accelerating. Some experts call his claims overheated https://t.co/U0lOqowXwl https://t.co/aRuaEg7sjY
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A new study suggests that climate change is boosting the areal coverage and severity of straight-line winds in thunderstorms. Some experts, however, feel the study had some major limitations. https://t.co/2HrH6O4pOk
A recent study led by Andreas Prein found that destructive winds from ⛈ are becoming far more widespread w/ warming temps across the central U.S. Prein+team turned to newer, high-res models (and CONUS404) that can simulate these smaller scale events. https://t.co/jdw26aBVag https://t.co/wDtLdYb2On
A new study warns the Earth's climate is on track to warm significantly more than shown by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) projections. https://t.co/fLt9FK27qN
James Hansen alerted Congress to climate change in 1988. Now, in a controversial new paper, he has a new warning https://t.co/96PFG1y3O3
In recent articles, @DrJamesEHansen has argued that warming will likely accelerate over the next few decades, reaching ~2.2C by 2050. It turns out this is more or less exactly what the mean of the latest climate models (CMIP6) show in a current-policy-type scenario (SSP2-4.5). https://t.co/mpjEsgeHDC
Climate change threatens to unravel decades of progress on improving human health through extreme heat, air pollution, disruption of food systems and the spread of disease, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has said. https://t.co/5U79M0wIKB
New study says human-caused climate change is increasing the coverage and intensity of violent thunderstorm winds during the summer, like we saw during the 2020 derecho in Iowa. Link to our write-up of this study: https://t.co/tRnXbptFTH https://t.co/46Jp1uWZLb