2023 is the hotst year on record: Why is it going to be so hot in the last eight years? The essential lessons for scientists and the public
Scientists are almost certain 2023 will be the hottest year on record, capping a record-breaking decade of heat. The last eight years have been the hottest eight on record too.
The record-breaking year helped fuel climate-driven disasters around the globe – from extreme heat that plagued Arizona for weeks, to devastating floods in Libya, to record-hot oceans that caused corals to bleach off Florida. The extreme temperatures are in line with forecasts for how the planet will warm.
If we don’t change things, we will look back at the previous year and think of a better year, if we keep going in the same direction.
Hausfather says that they know why this is happening. trillion tons of carbon we have put into the atmosphere over the last century are what would have allowed a year like this to happen.
“The major lesson is how unprepared we are,” says Kristie Ebi, who studies the effects of heat at the University of Washington. There are places with heat wave early warning systems. They saved a lot of lives. They didn’t save enough.”
New York Times sues OpenAI for publishing infectious disease soars in Gaza, a lawsuit arising out of a dispute between open AI and Microsoft
Heat waves hit the ocean as well. Off the coast of Florida, the water temperature reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the same conditions as a hot tub. Corals can’t survive long periods of heat, with many dying or turning a white color.
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As the war rages on, health professionals are concerned about infectious diseases in Gaza, like respiratory ailments and GI problems. The World Health Organization warns that disease may eventually kill more people than combat.
The New York Times has sued OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. The federal lawsuit alleges the ChatGPT creator and its biggest backer used the newspaper’s material without permission to train its chatbots.
Budgeting in 2023: Five Shortcuts from the NPR Era During the First Three Years of the COVID Pandemic
This year, the economy began to look a lot more like it did before the COVID pandemic began. Credit card debt increased, unemployment remained low, inflation cooled and wages outgrew inflation. Here’s how life got more expensive — and more affordable — in 2023, shown through five charts.
Photographers from across the NPR network have covered some of the year’s most important stories, from the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio to Texas’s abortion ban lawsuits. The most memorable moments of the year can be seen in these images.