A new study in Geophysical Research Letters finds global warming appears to be accelerating, with warming averaging about 0.35°C per decade over the last decade after accounting for natural factors like El Niño, volcanic activity, and solar variability, higher than the previously cited 0.2°C per decade.

If this 2015–present trend continues, the world could breach the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C limit before 2030, though outcomes hinge on rapid, sustained reductions in CO2 emissions.

The adjusted data show a clear acceleration, with over 98% certainty, consistent across datasets, with the warming signal becoming visible around 2013–2014.

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Policymakers are urged to turn scientific inputs into robust mitigation and adaptation strategies, leveraging health, agriculture, and energy resilience plans to address accelerating climate risks.

Laura Wilcox of the University of Reading explains the findings and discusses potential implications for climate projections and policy.

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A potential collapse or severe weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could trigger drought in the Southern Hemisphere and major sea-level rise on the U.S. East Coast, among other tipping points.

Cloud feedbacks and low-cloud dynamics are major uncertainties that could either amplify or dampen future warming depending on their response to continued warming.

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The analysis points to drivers like aerosols but does not pin down a single cause; reduced cooling from declining air pollution may have unmasked warming.