Earth now halfway to warming limit

• Autores: Michael Le Page
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3032, 2015, págs. 8-9
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • With an El Niño now under way and predicted to intensify, it looks as if the global average surface temperature could jump by around 0.1°C in just one year. The UN negotiations on climate change aim to limit warming to 2°C above pre-industrial temperatures. There is, however, no agreement on how to define pre-industrial temperature, says Ed Hawkins of the University of Reading, UK