Global temperatures have accelerated to record-setting levels this month, an ominous sign in the climate crisis ahead of a gathering El Niño that could potentially propel 2023 to become the hottest year ever recorded.

There has been “remarkable global warmth” so far in June, confirmed Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth observation arm, which said that the first few days of the month even breached a 1.5C increase compared with pre-industrial times. This is probably the first time this has happened since industrialization, the agency said.

The long-term warming conditions caused by the burning of fossil fuels will probably receive a further pulse of heat via El Niño, a naturally recurring phenomenon where sections of the Pacific Ocean heat up, typically causing temperatures to spike across the world.

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    1 year ago

    I was seriously considering doing the same, but am slowly changing my mind. Prague is starting to look better and better, LOL.

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      1 year ago

      True. I am considering getting a retirement residency somewhere near Bremen, to have a nice beach with Coconut trees at the North Sea beach… (Still ~20 years to go till retirement, if I plant coconut trees now, they might thrive by the time I retire)