Scientists warn of global warming and claim it could get even hotter in 2024. They explain that this could lead to extreme weather events.
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The World Meteorological Organization U.N. and the Americans POT and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) have confirmed this 2023 was the hottest year ever (since there are records, so since 1850). A few days earlier the European agency Copernicus had made the same statement. In addition, the record was significantly exceeded in 2023: the year was 1.45 ° C warmer than the pre-industrial average.
Now that all major organizations confirm that the global warming is gaining momentum, the question is whether 2023 will be the peak or just another step on the way up.
Experts say 2024 could be hotter and break all records
In the words of one of NOAA's top analysts, there is a one-third chance 2024 will be even hotterand 99% of them are in the top 5. Scientists claim that there are two Main factors who contribute to: Carbon dioxide emissionscaused by society and El Niño phenomenonwhich led to warming of the Pacific again last year and is difficult for humans to control.
The temperature of the oceans does not stop rising
According to NOAA in 2023 Sea temperature record: The water mass on the planet is enormous “heat buffer”, To compensate for temperature anomalies: the warmer the ocean already is, the less it can continue to absorb and the less it can “balance” the increase in air temperature.
Scientists repeat the warning Global climate change is not necessarily expressed as an absolute increase in temperature, but rather as a greater probability of it extreme weather eventssuch as prolonged abnormal heat and cold waves, extreme rainfall or destructive floods.