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      1 year ago

      My understanding is that is not yet the global annual average, that we surpassed +1.5°C for a single day, though it is very alarming nonetheless. Is that correct?

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        1 year ago

        We surpassed +2°C for 2 days, on November 17-18.
        The average of months January to September was at +1.3°C over pre-industrial times, and October was +1.8°C hotter than the pre-industrial averages of October. So we’re on track to reach +1.4-1.5°C over the yearly pre-industrial average for the year 2023. This doesn’t mean that the climate is already at +1.4-1.5°C, yet. 2023 could just be an extreme outlier, worsened by El Nino. But I’m not optimistic.

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          Thanks for the explanation! I’m not optimistic about the trend, either, but I’ll admit that I understand relatively little about it, other than temperature rise bad, will cause more frequent and stronger weather patterns, migrations, and mass extinction events.