Summer 2023 Breaks Records as Hottest in Over 2,000 Years 🔥
A new study analyzing ancient tree rings confirms that summer 2023 was the hottest period in over two millennia, highlighting the urgent impact of climate change.
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New Study Supports Evidence , That Summer 2023 Was the , Hottest in Over 2 Millennia.<br />According to an analysis of tree rings going all the <br />way back to year one, 2023 was the hottest summer <br />in the Northern Hemisphere in over 2000 years. .<br />According to an analysis of tree rings going all the <br />way back to year one, 2023 was the hottest summer <br />in the Northern Hemisphere in over 2000 years. .<br />HuffPost reports that scientists analyzed over <br />10,000 tree rings to determine temperature <br />levels dating back two millennia.<br />The team from the University of Cambridge and the <br />Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz found that the <br />summer of 2023 was 2.2 degrees Celsius above average.<br />The temperature from June to August 2023 was <br />compared to average temperatures from the <br />same period between year one and 1890. .<br />When you look at the long sweep <br />of history, you can see just how <br />dramatic recent global warming is. , Ulf Büntgen, Cambridge Department of Geography, via HuffPost.<br />2023 was an exceptionally hot <br />year, and this trend will continue <br />unless we reduce greenhouse <br />gas emissions dramatically, Ulf Büntgen, Cambridge Department of Geography, via HuffPost.<br />HuffPost reports that 2023 saw global record-breaking <br />ocean temperatures, widespread wildfires <br />across the continent and scorching heat in cities.<br />It’s true that the climate is always <br />changing, but the warming in 2023, <br />caused by greenhouse gases, is additionally <br />amplified by El Niño conditions, so we end up <br />with longer and more severe heat waves <br />and extended periods of drought, Jan Esper, professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz <br />and lead author of the paper, via HuffPost.<br />It’s true that the climate is always <br />changing, but the warming in 2023, <br />caused by greenhouse gases, is additionally <br />amplified by El Niño conditions, so we end up <br />with longer and more severe heat waves <br />and extended periods of drought, Jan Esper, professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz <br />and lead author of the paper, via HuffPost.<br />When you look at the big picture, <br />it shows just how urgent it is <br />that we reduce greenhouse <br />gas emissions immediately, Jan Esper, professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz <br />and lead author of the paper, via HuffPost.<br />When you look at the big picture, <br />it shows just how urgent it is <br />that we reduce greenhouse <br />gas emissions immediately, Jan Esper, professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz <br />and lead author of the paper, via HuffPost.<br />The team's findings were <br />published in the journal 'Nature.'
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