2023 Was Earth's Warmest Year On Record - EU Scientists

2023 Was Earth's Warmest Year On Record - EU Scientists

2023 was the hottest year on record globally with warnings that 2024 could be worse.

The EU's climate monitoring service has released its review of the climate for the past year.

Researchers found 2023 was 1.48 degrees warmer than the pre-industrial era.

The Paris Accord from 2015 says temperature increases should be limited to 1.5 degrees to prevent the most extreme effects of climate change

Its expected that target will be permanently breached by 2030.

The previous warmest year globally was 2016 and last year beat that by 0.17 degrees.

The report says July 2023 was likely to have been the hottest month in 120,000 years, while Antarctic sea ice is at historic lows.

While, every continent apart from Australia say record breaking annual air temperatures.

Last week, Met Eireann confirmed that 2023 was the hottest year on record in Ireland.