Global warming accelerated to 0.36°C per decade - TIME
A new report in the journal BioScience indicates that global warming has accelerated to 0.36°C per decade between 2010 and 2024. Scientists warn that critical climate tipping points are approaching, necessitating both emission cuts and adaptation strategies.
Why it matters
Accelerating climate change poses existential risks to global ecosystems and requires urgent policy and behavioral shifts.
--> Scientists said in the annual State of the Climate report, published on October 14 in the journal BioScience, that Earth’s climate system is increasingly moving into uncharted conditions. As TIME reports , the rate of global warming increased from approximately 0.05°C per decade in 1880–1970 to about 0.36°C per decade in 2010–2024.
Researchers track 16 key indicators of the planet’s condition, from greenhouse gas concentrations and temperature change to tree-cover loss caused by wildfires. Seven of them are now at record levels, including sea level and atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. Several other indicators, including areas affected by fires and ocean heating levels, point to accelerating changes or abrupt shifts.
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