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Earth’s average 2023 temperature is now likely to reach 1.5 °C of warming (www.nature.com)

submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/environment@beehaw.org

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[–] Thevenin@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

Misleading. Useful information, but the definitions are misleading.

This is based on projections of the remainder of 2023.
This is based on a 1-year measurement in the middle of an El Niño rather than a 5-year rolling average.
This assumes a lower holocene optimum than organizations like NOAA use. NOAA is calling this a 1.25°C anomaly.

We haven't hit 1.5°C yet, at least not by the conventional definitions. So the next time you see the IPCC outlining mitigation pathways to keep warming to 1.5°C, please don't go posting this article saying, "we already passed that point lol."