The usual effects of global warming and climate change are often the subject of research. As a result of these researches, we get answers on issues such as how much the sea level will rise and how life will change. A new study shows that even getting to the point we aim for may not be enough.
According to a study, in the most likely scenario, we as humanity will miss our climate targets. As a result, the tropics will experience days when temperatures will be too high for humans for at least half of the year.
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“If we don’t spruce up our movements, billions of people will be exposed to extreme temperatures that we’ve never seen before,” said Lucas Vargas Zeppetello of Harvard University, lead author of the study. used the phrase. Although these statements do not fully reveal the seriousness of the situation, examining the data in the study makes it easy to grasp the seriousness of the situation.
In the study using mathematical models, scientists tried to predict the climate change that will occur on our planet in 2100. Two critical temperatures were chosen in the study: 39.4 degrees and 51 degrees. Of these temperatures, 39.4 degrees was chosen as the dangerous point, and 51 degrees as the extremely dangerous point. The fact that 51 degrees is chosen as a control point in such a study reveals the gravity of the situation: Normally, 51 degrees is stated as the level that the regulations written for people working in places like ship boilers indicate as dangerous.
According to the researchers, it will not be possible to meet the ambitious 1.5 degrees target of the Paris Agreement in 2100. The probability of achieving this goal is only 1.2 per thousand. In 2100, the temperature of our planet will increase by 3 degrees. As a result, 6 months of the year will be spent with high temperatures in the tropics. Extreme heat waves will be seen in almost every region.
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