No Global Warming Surprises This Week

The 1.5°C Goal is Only Theoretically Obtainable

William House
EarthSphere
Published in
6 min readFeb 4

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Feel the Heat by CF Lovelace and WM House (©2023 Archean Enterprises, LLC; ArcheanArt)

NPR recently reported on research indicating we may reach the 1.5°C global warming threshold in ten to twelve years. You will recall that the 2015 Paris Agreement sought to limit global warming to well below 2°C, preferably to 1.5°C compared to pre-industrial levels. Researchers are not disputing the theoretical…

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William House
EarthSphere

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