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New study shows sea sponges keep climate records and the accounting is brutal

If temperature-tracking sea sponges are to be trusted, climate change has progressed much further than scientists predicted. A new study using ocean organisms called sclerosponges to measure average global temperature shows that the world has already warmed by about 1.7 degrees Celsius in the last 300 years; This is at least half a degree Celsius… Read More »

The world is dangerously close to the global warming limit as 2023 is the hottest year in history

Data released on Tuesday shows global warming reaching 1.48 degrees Celsius in 2023, the hottest year on record, pushing the world just one percent off the critical climate threshold. Last year’s analysis had already confirmed 2023 as the warmest year on record, but Tuesday’s data shows an alarming jump in warming compared to the previous… Read More »