Earth likely shot past the 1.5 degree warming threshold in 2024

Earth likely shot past the 1.5 degree warming threshold in 2024
Summer in the city: Niwa thinks the cool weather won't last. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Greg Hurrell
Most of New Zealand might be wondering when summer will start, but 2024 was NZ’s 10th warmest year since 1909 and eight of those warmest years have been since 2013.Meanwhile, international organisations are expected to confirm this week that 2024 will break global temperature records and jump above the 1.5C Paris Agreement threshold for the first time.Chris Bandolino, principal scientist for forecasting and media at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa), said experts from Nasa, the European Union's Copernicus...

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