Hi. Waves. 👋
Remember all that talk about remaining within 1.5°C of warming, or else? Well we're already at 1.2°C.
Is this bad? Yes. https://twitter.com/ed_hawkins/status/1338862201264717827
For one, it means we're on the upper range of this graph from the IPCC special report on 1.5°C. And we've definitely, definitely, left the agriculture-sheltering temperature range of the Holocene behind.
Every fraction of a degree matters. Another result from Warren et al shows the accelerating impact of warming on biodiversity loss worldwide. The difference between warming levels is staggering.
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6390/791/tab-article-info
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