The worst-case local weather eventualities are now not believable right this moment

Ten years in the past, we feared that catastrophic international warming of between 4°C and 5°C by by 2100 was an actual threat. Right now, that’s now not credible, says Graham Lawton

By Graham Lawton

THE annual ritual of understanding the place the earlier 12 months ranks on the worldwide “hottest-year-on-record” chart is nicely below approach. It was one other scorcher, in keeping with a preliminary report by the World Meteorological Group – most likely in fifth or sixth, by which case the previous eight years would be the warmest eight on document.

Quelle shock. So long as we carry on dumping greenhouse gases into the environment, the local weather will proceed to warmth up.

That is clearly alarming information, however, in fact, issues aren’t as unhealthy as they seem. Don’t fear, I haven’t fallen down a local weather denial …