Dangerous Global Warming Threshold Will Be Crossed By 2042, Says New Research
An increase of 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) above pre-industrial average temperatures is seen as a dangerous threshold for the climate of our planet. The official Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimated that it could happen by 2052. A new study has put forward a stricter range; the threshold will be crossed between 2027 and 2042. As reported in Climate Dynamics, researchers have developed a Scaling Climate Response Function (SCRF) to extrapolate changes to temperatures up to the year 2100. The new method differs from the General Circulation Models (GCMs) used by the IPCC, which try to...