Global average sea and air temperatures are spiking in 2023, before El Niño has fully arrived. We should be very concerned
- Written by: Steve Turton, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
Recent spikes in ocean heat content and average global air temperature have left climate scientists across the world scrambling to find the cause. The global average air temperature, relative to 1850-1900, exceeded the 1.5℃ lower Paris Agreement threshold during part of March and the first days of June. This last happened in 2020, and before...
