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Scientists explain why the record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge. Warming may be worsening

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/scientists-explain-record-shattering-2023-heat-edge-warming-106324686

The latest calculations from several science agencies showing Earth obliterated global heat records last year may seem scary

Scientists explain why the record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge. Warming may be worsening

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bentropy

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May be worsening? It's worsening for 50 years now 😬

Ephera

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As in accelerating. Not just continuously getting warmer, but doing so faster and faster.

XTL

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Which is what it's been doing for decades

Ephera

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I mean, yes, but if you view the bump in 2015 as some anomaly, then things were actually surprisingly linear, starting in the 70s:

Source: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/global-temperatures

2023 isn't on that chart yet, but same organisation, same baseline period, puts it at 1.2°C (Source).
So, not only does it confirm that the 2015 bump was not an anomaly, 2023 is actually an even bigger bump, which just makes it a lot clearer that we are accelerating.

XTL

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Yes. I could see either a line or a curve fitting there, but there's a lot more bumps than I expected.

Really interesting graph. Thank you.