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An extensive new multi-proxy database of paleo-temperature time series (Temperature 12k) enables a more robust analysis of global mean surface temperature (GMST) and associated uncertainties than was previously available. We applied five different statistical methods to reconstruct the GMST of the past 12,000 years (Holocene). Each method used different approaches to averaging the globally distributed time series and to characterizing various sources of uncertainty, including proxy temperature, chronology and methodological choices. The results were aggregated to generate a multi-method ensemble of plausible GMST and latitudinal-zone temperature reconstructions with a realistic range of uncertainties. The warmest 200-year-long interval took place around 6500 years ago when GMST was 0.7 °C (0.3, 1.8) warmer than the 19th Century (median, 5th, 95th percentiles). Following the Holocene global thermal maximum, GMST cooled at an average rate −0.08 °C per 1000 years (−0.24, −0.05). The multi-method ensembles and th

UN says a global ‘backlash’ against climate action is being stoked by fossil fuel companies

Cette semaine j’ai eu peur. Le Monde a publié la nouvelle que les puits de carbone terrestres se sont effondrés en 2023. Au cours des mois passés, des calculs précis ont été effectués sur les mesures satellitaires de l’année passée. Il s’avère que les forêts et les sols ont absorbé environ deux (1,5 – 2.6) milliards de tonnes de CO2, alors que l’année précédente ils avaient capté plus de 9 milliards. La sécheresse en Amazonie, et les feux au Canada et en Sibérie ont provoqué une émission de carbone de ces écosystèmes (FranceInfo).

En 2023 les températures de la Planète, et notamment de l’Atlantique Nord, ont fait un bond. Le réchauffement a accéléré. Les scientifiques étaient très inquiets, puis ont trouvé une explication.

Notre système alimentaire utilise près de la moitié des terres de la Planète. Il provoque des émissions de carbone et aggrave le réchauffement climatique. Il entraîne donc la perte de biodiversité par la réduction de l’espace laissé aux écosystèmes et par le changement climatique. Une nouvelle étude a tenté de quantifier ces effets. Les dommages à la biodiversité ont été estimés en prenant en compte la richesse des écosystèmes et la rareté de espèces, par exemple leur présence dans une zone restreinte. Les dommages aux écosystèmes riches et uniques, notamment en Amérique centrale et du Sud apparaissent donc mieux dans cette analyse.

Sudden cut in pollution in 2020 meant less shade from sun and was ‘substantial’ factor in record surface temperatures in 2023, study finds

Monthly global surface air temperature anomalies (°C) relative to 1850–1900 from January 1940 to June 2024, plotted as time series for all 12-month periods spanning July to June of the following year. The 12 months from July 2023 to June 2024 are shown with a thick red line, while all other 12-month periods are shown with thin lines shaded according to the decade, from blue (1940s) to brick red (2020s).

New research shows the company’s scientists were as “skillful” as independent experts in predicting how the burning of fossil fuels would warm the planet and bring about climate change.

Carbon Brief provides an updated analysis of when the world will likely exceed the Paris 1.5C limit

Abstract. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments are the trusted source of scientific evidence for climate negotiations taking place under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Evidence-based decision-making needs to be informed by up-to-date and timely information on key indicators of the state of the climate system and of the human influence on the global climate system. However, successive IPCC reports are published at intervals of 5–10 years, creating potential for an information gap between report cycles. We follow methods as close as possible to those used in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Working Group One (WGI) report. We compile monitoring datasets to produce estimates for key climate indicators related to forcing of the climate system: emissions of greenhouse gases and short-lived climate forcers, greenhouse gas concentrations, radiative forcing, the Earth's energy imbalance, surface temperature changes, warming attributed to human activit