Global Warming May Break Paris 1.5 Celsius Target By 2026
Posted: May 9th, 2017, 3:10 pm
Global temperatures could break through the 1.5 degree Celsius barrier negotiated at the Paris conference as early as 2026, say scientists who predict that a slow-moving, natural climate driver could cause a sharp acceleration in global warming over the next decade.
The Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO) - a powerful natural climate lever - may have moved into a positive phase.
Since 1999, the IPO has been in a negative phase but consecutive record-breaking warm years in 2014, 2015 and 2016 have led climate researchers to suggest this may have changed.
Scientists at the University of Melbourne in Australia showed that a positive IPO would likely produce a sharp acceleration in global warming over the next decade.
In the past, these positive phases have coincided with accelerated global warming.
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The Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO) - a powerful natural climate lever - may have moved into a positive phase.
Since 1999, the IPO has been in a negative phase but consecutive record-breaking warm years in 2014, 2015 and 2016 have led climate researchers to suggest this may have changed.
Scientists at the University of Melbourne in Australia showed that a positive IPO would likely produce a sharp acceleration in global warming over the next decade.
In the past, these positive phases have coincided with accelerated global warming.
Source: http://www.business-standard.com/articl ... 322_1.html