Global warming: the feared limit of 1.5°C has been exceeded

The bulletin issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on global warming is very harsh. In the next five years, temperatures could reach peaks not seen before and predicted to come much later, even exceeding (for limited periods of time) the dreaded 1.5°C threshold. In fact, according to the latest data, there is a 66 % chance that the temperature of the atmosphere near the Earth's surface will exceed the levels recorded in the pre-industrial era by 1.5°C for at least a year.

However, it is almost certain (with a probability of 98 %) that one of the next five years, as well as the five-year period 2023-2027, will be the hottest ever recorded by man. In fact, the maximum temperature recorded to date was +1.28°C. (ANGELA RUGGIERI, more at tempoitalia.it)