2018
DOI: 10.1029/2018gl079362
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Predicted Chance That Global Warming Will Temporarily Exceed 1.5 °C

Abstract: The Paris Agreement calls for efforts to limit anthropogenic global warming to less than 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels. However, natural internal variability may exacerbate anthropogenic warming to produce temporary excursions above 1.5 °C. Such excursions would not necessarily exceed the Paris Agreement, but would provide a warning that the threshold is being approached. Here we develop a new capability to predict the probability that global temperature will exceed 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels in the… Show more

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“…Many of our results suggest that the differences between transient and quasi-equilibrium climates are substantial. A future 1.5°C or 2°C quasi-equilibrium warmer climate reached after overshoot (where global warming has exceeded these limits but then fallen) would likely look very different to the equivalent transient 1.5°C or 2°C climate that the world is likely to experience in the coming decades 29,30 . Indeed, a transient warmer world represents a poor predictor for an equivalent equilibrium world in many populated land regions where the difference in average seasonal temperatures is at least 0.5°C and the likelihood of hot extremes is at least twice as high in some places under the transient state.…”
Section: Mainmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Many of our results suggest that the differences between transient and quasi-equilibrium climates are substantial. A future 1.5°C or 2°C quasi-equilibrium warmer climate reached after overshoot (where global warming has exceeded these limits but then fallen) would likely look very different to the equivalent transient 1.5°C or 2°C climate that the world is likely to experience in the coming decades 29,30 . Indeed, a transient warmer world represents a poor predictor for an equivalent equilibrium world in many populated land regions where the difference in average seasonal temperatures is at least 0.5°C and the likelihood of hot extremes is at least twice as high in some places under the transient state.…”
Section: Mainmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The climate fluctuates on various timescales and in various patterns, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and the Pacific decadal variability (PDV), giving rise to extreme events over the globe (e.g., Camargo & Sobel, 2005; Delworth et al, 2016; Kosaka & Xie, 2013). Also, short‐term changes associated with the internal fluctuations of the climate system can offset or exacerbate the anthropogenically forced climate change, partly determining temporary exceedances over the Paris Agreement aim of “well below 2°C above preindustrial levels” (Smith et al, 2018). Skillful predictions of such climate variations would therefore benefit society and substantial efforts have been devoted.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Колективом авторів Smith D. M. та ін. зроблено оцінювання швидкості глобального потеплінняна рівні не менше 0,2°C на десятиліття через минулі та поточні викиди парникових газів [3].…”
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