Global Warming Is Accelerating, Leading Climate Scientist Rockström Says
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research researchers reported a significant acceleration in global warming since around 2015, confirmed across multiple datasets with over 98 percent statistical certainty.
- Researchers adjusted global temperature datasets—including NASA and NOAA—to remove natural influences like El Niño and solar activity, making the underlying long-term warming signal more clearly visible.
- Warming rates climbed from under 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade between 1970 and 2015 to about 0.35 degrees Celsius per decade over the past 10 years, marking the fastest warming since 1880.
- Stefan Rahmstorf, PIK researcher, warned that if this rate continues, global temperatures will exceed the 1.5 degree Celsius limit of the Paris Agreement before 2030, adding urgency to the upcoming United Nations' COP31 climate talks.
- Johan Rockstrom, director of the Potsdam Institute, warned that emissions threaten critical ecosystems like coral reefs and the Amazon, calling lobbying for internal combustion engine vehicles "incredibly disturbing.
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Global warming is accelerating, leading climate scientist Rockström says
Global warming caused by fossil fuel emissions is accelerating, pushing many of the Earth's most important ecosystems close to their tipping points, said Johan Rockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
It's taking many of Earth's most important ecosystems to the edge of its tipping points.
<p>Global warming is accelerating - climatologist cited alarming data Johann Rokström said that coral reefs and the Amazon are almost irreversibly damaged. Warming above 1.5°C will exacerbate extreme weather.</p>
Scientists detect a sudden acceleration in global warming
Global warming has picked up speed in the past decade, according to a new analysis from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). By removing short term natural influences such as El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles from temperature records, researchers uncovered a clear acceleration in the planet’s long term warming trend beginning around 2015.
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