Global warming has been a topic of conversation in the past few years! However, people haven’t really grasped what the impact of Global warming could really be in a decade or longer. People all over the world have already noticed some of the effects. Recently, 2024 was announced to be the hottest year ever recorded and it is predicted that things like heatwaves will become more frequent. Keep on reading to discover everything about it!
2024 Became The Hottest Year On Record
According to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, 2024 will go down as the hottest year ever recorded. It is also the first time that the planet’s average temperature exceeds the critical 1.5ºC threshold, which was set by the Paris Agreement.
2023 was the previous hottest year recorded, with an average temperature rise of 1.48ºC compared to pre-industrial levels. However, in 2023, the temperature stayed below the critical threshold by 0.02ºC. The rise in temperature is heating the surface and water temperatures all over the globe!
The rise in temperature is impacting the whole world!
Not only do we get warmer summers, but other months would also be warmer. For example, November of 2024 was the warmest November ever globally, with an average temperature of 1.62ºC above pre-industrial levels! Other parts of the globe, which usually are
Climate activists have been warning us for years about the impact of global warming on different parts of the world. Now we can see some results already. The Antarctic sea ice hit its lowest extent for November and the third lowest ever recorded.
We’ll also see more weather events that are caused by the climate crisis. Things like heatwaves, droughts, floods and enormous wildfires will happen more frequently. According to Scientists, the only way to prevent catastrophic climate impacts is to reduce fossil fuel emissions by 45% by 2030.
