Forecasters Warn , Earth May Hit Critical <br />Warming Threshold , Before 2026.<br />'Time' reports that the Earth is inching closer <br />to a warming threshold that multiple international<br />agreements are aimed at preventing.<br />According to teams of meteorologists around the world, <br />there is almost a 50-50 chance that the planet will <br />reach that threshold within the next five years. .<br />The warning prediction was issued on May 9 by a <br />team of 11 different forecast centers working with <br />the World Meteorological Organization.<br />'Time' reports that just last year, the same<br />forecasters said that the odds of hitting <br />the temperature threshold were at 40%. .<br />Ten years earlier, they said <br />the odds were just at 10%. .<br />In this year's report, the team also predicted <br />that there is a 93% chance the planet will <br />experience five years of record-breaking heat. .<br />We’re going to see continued warming in line with what is expected with climate change, Leon Hermanson, U.K. Met Office senior scientist, via 'Time'.<br />We’re going to see continued warming in line with what is expected with climate change, Leon Hermanson, U.K. Met Office senior scientist, via 'Time'.<br />The world has already <br />warmed approximately <br />1.1 degrees Celsius since the late 1800s. .<br />In 2018, the United Nations <br />warned of dramatic and dangerous effects on <br />the world if warming exceeds 1.5 degrees Celsius.<br />In 2018, the United Nations <br />warned of dramatic and dangerous effects on <br />the world if warming exceeds 1.5 degrees Celsius.<br />Regardless of what is predicted here, <br />we are very likely to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next decade or so, <br />but it doesn’t necessarily mean that we <br />are committed to this in the long term — <br />or that working to reduce further <br />change is not worthwhile, Gavin Schmidt, NASA top climate scientist, via 'Time'.<br />Regardless of what is predicted here, <br />we are very likely to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next decade or so, <br />but it doesn’t necessarily mean that we <br />are committed to this in the long term — <br />or that working to reduce further <br />change is not worthwhile, Gavin Schmidt, NASA top climate scientist, via 'Time'
