Weather & Science
Climate Change Speeds Up as Major Indicators Blow Off the Charts, WMO Warns
Greenhouse gas levels, sea ice melt and sea and air temperatures all reached record highs in 2023
Ice forming from the window of an airplane heading from Iqaluit to Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021.
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All the major indicators of climate change smashed historic records last year, with some rising so steeply that the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization warned they were “off the charts.”
The lives of millions of people were upended by natural disasters made worse by climate change, with countries everywhere struggling to cope with billions of dollars in economic losses, according to the WMO’s annual State of the Global Climate report for 2023.