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Predicted Chance That Global Warming Will Temporarily Exceed 1.5 °C
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2018
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Source: Geophysical Research Letters, 45(21)( 11,895–11,903
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Journal Title:Geophysical Research Letters
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Description:The Paris Agreement calls for efforts to limit anthropogenic global warming to less than 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels. However, natural internal variability may exacerbate anthropogenic warming to produce temporary excursions above 1.5 °C. Such excursions would not necessarily exceed the Paris Agreement, but would provide a warning that the threshold is being approached. Here we develop a new capability to predict the probability that global temperature will exceed 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels in the coming 5 years. For the period 2017 to 2021 we predict a 38% and 10% chance, respectively, of monthly or yearly temperatures exceeding 1.5 °C, with virtually no chance of the 5-year mean being above the threshold. Our forecasts will be updated annually to provide policy makers with advanced warning of the evolving probability and duration of future warming events.
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Source:Geophysical Research Letters, 45(21)( 11,895–11,903
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Rights Information:CC BY-NC-ND
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