Is it going to be as warm as it is now?
Climate Predictions for El Nio-like Years Unlikely to Have the Same Temperatures as They Have Been Last Year
Next year could have the same heat as this year. A strong El Niño has already begun, where ocean temperatures warm up in the eastern Pacific. El Niño years are typically hotter, because a large amount of heat that’s stored in the ocean is released to the atmosphere.
The record-breaking year helped fuel climate-driven disasters around the globe – from extreme heat that plagued Arizona for weeks, to devastating floods in Libya, to record-hot oceans that caused corals to bleach off Florida. Scientists say that the extreme temperatures are in line with their forecasts of how the planet will warm.
“If we don’t change things, we’ll think about the year that wasn’t so bad, if we keep going on the trajectory that we’re going,” said the marine scientist at UC Davis.
Hausfather says that they know why this is happening. “A year like this would not have occurred without the trillion tons of carbon we’ve put into the atmosphere over the last century.”
“The major lesson is how unprepared we are,” says Kristie Ebi, who studies the effects of heat at the University of Washington. “There are places with heat wave early warning and response systems. They certainly saved lives. They did not save enough.
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The ocean experienced heat waves as well. The water temperature on the coast of Florida was 100 degrees and similar to a hot tub. corals can’t thrive in heat, with many dying, turning a white color or being exposed to a lot of heat.
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The US’ National Weather Service has predicted that next year could have the same temperature as the one recorded in 2023. El Nio event has already begun in the eastern Pacific Ocean. This year, the world experienced record-breaking temperatures due to COVID-19 from the use of fossil fuels, said a report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).