For the first time on record, the Earth has experienced a 12-month period with average global temperatures exceeding the 1.5C threshold above pre-industrial levels, according to ERA5 reanalysis. This alarming milestone, reported by the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and echoed by various news outlets including The Guardian and an EU agency, comes after the world just went through its warmest January ever. The breaching of this critical threshold, which was set in the Paris Agreement as a limit to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, is a stark indication of the ongoing and intensifying effects of global warming. Scientists are warning that this could be a 'warning to humanity,' signaling the need for urgent action to address climate disasters, which are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change, and could lead to civilization collapse.
January 2024 was hottest first month of any year in history, EU scientist warns https://t.co/66drT2MGx7 https://t.co/KIPD7oC0tR
Earth has endured 12 months of temperatures 1.5C hotter than the pre-industrial era for the first time on record, Europe's climate monitor said Thursday, in what scientists called a "warning to humanity". https://t.co/nvxy8N0mmD
Too much rain isn’t good. “Even as dry periods are becoming longer and more severe, climate change is making precipitation events warmer, wetter and more intense — enhancing their destructiveness” https://t.co/TRZZsmIVqF
World surpasses key warming threshold across an entire year for the first time https://t.co/mnh2WqSqJy
The first time the world exceeds temperatures of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) over 12 months, according to European climate monitors https://t.co/W1YDfwtant https://t.co/TEQ5K7Lkas
🌡 The average 12-month global temperature has risen above the Paris Agreement threshold of 1.5C for the first time, the EU’s climate change service has said https://t.co/6jEPYejDP2
BREAKING: EU agency says the world has just experienced the hottest January on record
The Earth Just Experienced 12-Months Of Global Temperatures Above Important Climate Threshold https://t.co/Mqs5TRa9dH https://t.co/Gd2JtguFDz
The world just experienced its hottest January on record, continuing a run of exceptional heat fueled by #climatechange, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) says. https://t.co/cdaN1bhMHu
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Critical 1.5C threshold breached over 12-month period for first time https://t.co/XWtJFIbDbR
World ‘not prepared’ for climate disasters after warmest ever January - The Guardian https://t.co/cW27YmIrHJ
12-month running average global temperature just passed the 15C mark for the first time according to ERA5 reanalysis. Seems bad. https://t.co/bCKa33Z3BP