A new UN report predicts that average global temperatures will likely exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels within the next five years, amplifying risks of drought, heat waves, and severe wildfires in the western U.S., including California. Researchers expect 2029 may break temperature records again, escalating the frequency of extreme weather and natural disasters. Fire scientist Mike Flannigan expressed concerns that future impacts of climate change could be even more severe than anticipated, outpacing current predictions. UCLA's Park Williams noted the lack of compensatory rainfall amidst rising temperatures, exacerbating issues of drought and wildfires.
"It's pretty bleak," said Mike Flannigan, a fire scientist at Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia. "My fear is that [the coming years] will be even warmer than they suggest, and the impacts will continue to catch us by surprise and be more severe than we expect across the world, including the American West."
According to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization, the world will probably shatter temperature records again by 2029, with warming exceeding 1.5 C above preindustrial levels.
UCLA professor Park Williams stated, "As the globe has warmed thus far, the western U.S. has warmed as well, but without increases in precipitation that compensate for the drought- and wildfire-promoting effects of warming."
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