UN predicts limit-smashing global warming in the next five years
AP News
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A new report from the United Nations weather agency gives a three-out-of-four chance that the next five years will average more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures.
That's the international safety limit set in 2015.
There’s an even higher chance — 86% — that one of the next five years will smash the global heat record set in 2024 and next year looks like a leading contender.
So expect more extreme weather.
The next five winters in the Arctic are predicted to be nearly 3 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the last five years.
Meteorologists also forecast an Amazon drought that may spark wildfires.
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