ParisWarming of 1.37C is already unsafe for Earth’s ice.
Two UN reports put the safe temperature for Earth’s ice near 1C or below.
In an overshoot to 2.8C, seas could rise 5 centimetres a year by 2150, against 0.45 now.
“Returning to 1.5C or below by 2100 remains possible,” said lead author James Kirkham.
Europe’s Copernicus network says the world could cross 1.5C around 2030.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 80+ reports worldwide
- Dawn leans critical
- emphasizes that current warming is already unsafe for the cryosphere and that a safe ice temperature may be near 1C or lower
Sources: Dawn