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Good. ExxonMobil has to be one of the most evil companies in world history.

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There has been a sudden increase in the rate of sea level rise

Satellite measurements show that in the early 2010s sea level rise suddenly accelerated to a rate of 4.1 millimetres per year, possibly in response to an increase in the rate of global warming

By Michael Le Page

8 May 2026

There has been an abrupt change in the rate of sea level rise as measured by satellites. Around 2012, it suddenly accelerated and has remained higher ever since.

It is possible that the sudden jump is mainly due to natural variation. However, it could also be a response to the accelerating rate of global warming, says Lancelot Leclercq at the University of Toulouse in France.

The average global sea level has already risen by more than 0.2 metres over the past 15 years as a result of global warming. This has been caused by a number of factors: as well as increasing melting of mountain glaciers and the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica, the oceans are expanding as they warm.

Satellite measurements of sea level began only in the 1990s and the rate of rise was thought to have been fairly steady, at around 3.6 millimetres per year. But, as more satellite data has come in, Leclercq’s team has spotted a sudden step change around 2012, with the average rate jumping from 2.9 mm/year before 2012 to 4.1 mm/year since then.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/25 ... evel-rise/

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Scientists Find Antarctica Sea Ice Collapse is Driven by Triple Whammy of Climate Chaos
May 8, 2026

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(Eurekalert) Antarctica is being ravaged by a triple-whammy of climate chaos that has melted sea ice to record lows, a new study has revealed.

For decades, the frozen wilderness at the bottom of the world defied global warming trends, with ice levels actually growing – until 2015 when it suddenly reversed.

Now scientists say they have discovered why.

The study led by the University of Southampton shows that a series of compounding events flipped the Southern Ocean – which surrounds Antarctica – out of balance, dragging unusually warm, salty water from the deep up to the surface.

It was so extreme, said lead author Dr Aditya Narayanan, that it wiped out vast areas of ice equivalent to the size of Greenland, leading to record-breaking lows in 2023.

Read more here: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1127179

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‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... ate-crisis

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2024 global temperature record is consistent with model-predicted warming

May 11, 2026

A number of recent articles and commentaries have argued that the record global temperatures of 2023–2024 cannot be explained by standard climate model simulations and infer that we are witnessing an unexpected surge in planetary warming. Using a semiempirical methodology that combines information from surface temperature observations and state-of-the-art multimodel climate simulations, we demonstrate that the recent global surface temperature spike is entirely consistent with expectations from the combined effects of model-predicted long-term warming and routine natural climate variability. Record warmth is found to have been extremely unlikely in the absence of human-caused warming.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2 ... VHSnsh2RYQ

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Global temperatures set for record highs and could hit 1.9C above pre-industrial levels by 2030

Source: The Independent

There is a 75% chance the 2026-2030 five-year mean will exceed 1.5C above the 1950-1990 average, scientists say

Rebecca Speare-Cole
Thursday 28 May 2026 06:45 BST

Global temperatures are likely to continue at or near record levels in the next five years, with the annual average potentially reaching as high as 1.9C above pre-industrial levels, scientists have found.

New UN climate predictions released on Thursday suggest mean annual temperatures near the earth’s surface over the years 2026-2030 will range from 1.3C to 1.9C above the 1850-1900 average.

The analysis from the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the UK’s Met Office finds an 86 per cent chance that one year between now and 2030 will break the record for the warmest year.

It comes after 2024’s record temperatures broke – temporarily at least – the 1.5C threshold to which countries have agreed to limit global warming to avoid its most dangerous impacts.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-c ... 84908.html