Is climate change accelerating and is it worse than we expected? July 2023 was the hottest month on record
Is climate change accelerating and is it worse than we expected? 16 August 2023, By Michael Le Page With temperature records tumbling, it is only natural to worry about cascading tipping points, but the reality is far more nuanced Unprecedented bouts of extreme weather and related events around the world raise the question of whether climate scientists have underestimated how fast the world is warming and how severe the consequences will be. Here are the key facts you need to know. Is the world warming faster than we expected? What made July 2023 the hottest month ever recorded? Extreme weather and temperatures made July 2023 a shocking month, with human-driven global warming, the El Niño climate pattern and perhaps even a 2022 volcanic eruption contributing to the broken records Data source: ERA5. Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF July 2023 was the hottest month on record, the European Centre for Medium-Range...