Earth’s Margin for Error Narrows After Another Year of Record Heat

摘要

Another year of record-high heat punctuated a decade-long increase in global temperatures thathas placed the Earth’s economies dangerously close to climate tipping points.Those are the conclusions published Friday by European Union scientists. Despite pandemicinducedlockdowns of the global economy in 2020, greenhouse gas emissions continued toaccumulate in the atmosphere, propelling the world closer to crossing the 1.5 degree Celsiuswarming threshold that climate models predict will lead to more frequent superstorms and highersea levels.