“Bad news for humanity”: the collapse of the currents in the Atlantic would particularly affect Europe. Global temperatures in January 2024 were higher than at any time this month since records began.
For the first time, temperatures over a twelve-month period averaged over 1.5 degrees higher than in the pre-industrial era. In several European cities, temperatures could fall by 5 to 15 degrees Celsius per decade. No realistic adaptation measures can deal with such rapid temperature changes, the Dutch researchers concluded.