{"id":361934,"date":"2025-01-13T17:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=361934"},"modified":"2025-01-13T17:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:37:21","slug":"university-of-reading-professor-tells-everyone-the-world-is-really-hot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=361934","title":{"rendered":"University of Reading Professor Tells Everyone the World is Really Hot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essay by\u00a0<\/strong>Eric Worrall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Britain endures extreme cold and near miss blackouts, apparently now is the right time for an English scientist to tell everyone how hot it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My new dark red climate stripe for 2024 shows it\u2019s the hottest year yet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published: January 10, 2025, 10.00pm AEDT
Ed Hawkins<\/a>
Professor of Climate Science, University of Reading<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These \u201cwarming stripes\u201d, adopted around the world as a symbol of climate awareness, action and ambition, have just been updated to include a new dark red stripe for 2024. It was a colour that I had to add for the first time<\/a> last year when 2023 shattered the previous records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No one experiences the global average temperature directly. But we can use the same approach to represent how we have lived through our own climate experience, locally. The UK had it\u2019s fourth-warmest year on record<\/a>. Other countries, such as Germany, had their warmest year<\/a> on record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well done humanity. For it is us who have caused this rapid warming of the planet, and the devastating consequences for people and ecosystems that are so visible today and every day. Many extreme weather events have been made even worse by our reliance on burning fossil fuels, causing misery around the world.

\u2026Read more:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/theconversation.com\/my-new-dark-red-climate-stripe-for-2024-shows-its-the-hottest-year-yet-246914<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The article goes into all the bad things Ed Hawkins thinks global warming has caused, such as the Los Angeles fire. Strangely Ed forgot to include Britain\u2019s current extreme cold snap in his list of climate disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given a choice between affordable home heating or climate action, I\u2019m guessing most Brits right now would choose the affordable home heating option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Britons \u201cPaying \u00a32 Million an Hour\u201d to Keep Gas Power Stations Running in Freezing Temperatures<\/a><\/blockquote>