Communications Earth & Environment (May 2024)

The year 2023 may afford us a peek at a warmer world

  • Joy Merwin Monteiro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01445-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 3

Abstract

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A combination of anthropogenic warming and natural variability have led to another record-breaking year of warmth in 2023. Global mean temperatures in 2023 nearly exceeded the 1.5 °C threshold, making it both a scientific and societal imperative to understand the underlying reasons for this warmth.