In The News

Are we in a new, dangerous climate era? Our weird weather suggests it is possible


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2024 had the hottest March ever recorded. And it was the 10th month in a row to break its record.


On one day in March, the Antarctic was 38.5 degrees warmer than the average. Climate change is a terrifying reality.


Even if that heat measure proves to be an anomaly we’re still in big trouble – because of the level of emissions we pump into the atmosphere.


As climatologist and director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies Gavin Schmidt tells In the News, we’re in uncharted waters because climate models can’t explain the huge heat anomaly in 2023 – and now 2024 with the impact of El Nino to be factored in, sure outcomes look even more difficult to predict.


We’re on course for catastrophic warming, one way or the other, unless radical changes are made.


Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Declan Conlon.

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