World to Reach 1.5°C in the Next Five Years
Channel: Regan Parenton
Date: 2023-05-18

1.5°C degrees of warming would trigger these tipping points: the collapse of the Greenland Ice Sheet and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, die off of low-latitude coral reefs, abrupt thaw of the boreal permafrost, and possibly the abrupt loss of ice in the Barents Sea.

The world is about to experience its hottest year yet and may likely surpass 1.5°C of warming, UN warns: "There's no return"

At that threshold, most areas on land will experience hotter days, with roughly 14% of the planet's population "exposed to severe heatwaves "at least once every five years," according to NASA. The U.N. has also warned that at this amount of global warming, precipitation and droughts will both be more frequent and intense, and that there will be far greater risks related to energy, food, and water. 

Indonesia, the Amazon and Central America will likely see less rainfall already this year, Taalas said, while Europe, Alaska and northern Siberia are expected to have "above average" rainfall in the summer months over the next five years.

Adam Scaife, who worked on the climate update and works for the U.K. Met Office, told Reuters that this marks "the first time in history that it's more likely than not that we will exceed 1.5C." 
- http://www.cbsnews.com/news/world-to-likely-surpass-1-5c-of-global-warming-hottest-year-yet-climate-change-united-nations/

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