Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

oofff, oh well, I’m sure we’ll keep electing representatives to manage this /s

Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures.

It found global heating accelerated from a steady rate of less than 0.2C per decade between 1970 and 2015 to about 0.35C per decade over the past 10 years. The rate is higher than scientists have seen since they started systematically taking the Earth’s temperature in 1880.

buckle up buckaroos! we’ve fucked around for 40 yeses. now we’re finding out.

EDIT: Tamino who co authored the paper the Guardian refers to has a blog post about it

https://tamino.wordpress.com/2026/03/07/global-warming-has-accelerated/

All these graphs plot the warming rate in °C per year, but when quoting numbers I have followed the custom these days to talk about the rate in °C per decade. According to this analysis, the current estimated rate is 0.31 ± 0.07 °C/decade.

Which estimate is best? I don’t know, but I do know that even 0.24 °C per decade will take us past 2 °C right around the year 2050. The whole point of the Paris agreement is: DON’T GO THERE. My advice: fasten your seat belt, things are going to get ugly.

  • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
    12·
    vor 4 Tagen

    Shame really. Nothing I can personally do about it. I don’t own any AI data centers. I’m just trying to get by, like most of you. If I could use less electricity I would even then because it’s so expensive.

    I recycle if that counts for anything.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    vor 3 Tagen

    By the best of our knowledge, we’re alone in the universe. The only planet in the known universe to host intelligent life, hell, the only planet in the universe to host life, period

    And we are allowing a few thousand people exterminate it all just for their benefit

    I’m just… I have no words

  • Jumi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    vor 4 Tagen

    As long as private jets are flying and AI data centres are being built I’m doing not one thing more than I already do.

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      vor 4 Tagen

      I’m doing not one thing more than I already do.

      there’s the crux, what are you doing already?

      I’m trying to limit my consumption and carbon output, but yeah, it’s pissing into the wind compared to the asshole who runs starbucks flying from seattle to sf every other day.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    vor 3 Tagen

    AI datacenters are wasting power like never before. What would be done with a single watt now takes a kilowatt. All so that a few rich assholes get more rich

    There are more Private jets than ever before and all for rich assholes to behave anti social

    There are more cargo ships than ever before transporting LNG, oil, you name it, because why would we switch to cheap renwwables if we can keep the rich assholes that produce and manage oil products richer?

    Cities around the world (with few few notable exceptions like Paris) are becoming more and more hostile to anyone who is not in a car because the car manufacturers and oil exec’s also need to put gold plating in their swimming pool, y’know?

    Seriously, take those 4 things and turn them around and I think we got climate change done. Yet here I am feeling guilty about that one time I was in a hurry and forgot to properly separate a single piece of garbage.