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Key Points:
- 2023 set a new record with global average temperatures reaching 1.45°C above pre-industrial levels.
- Ocean Heat Content was the highest in the 65-year observational record.
- Sea level achieved a record high with the rate of rise in 2014–2023 more than doubling compared to 1993–2002.
- Cryosphere Changes: Indicative of climate change’s global scale, affecting glaciers, ice sheets, sea-ice, snow, and permafrost.
- Ice Loss: 2022-2023 saw the largest ice loss on record since 1950, with glaciers in Switzerland losing about 10% of their volume in two years.
Why in New:
- Recently, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released the State of the Global Climate Report 2023.
