Trumbleman t1_iui7kdh wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:04 PM Reply to ELI5 why is everybody saying that an 1.5°C increase in global temperature is catastrofic? by BloodyBite1 Because it has a knock-on effect. A 1.5⁰C increase literally by itself might actually be nice in some places. However, an increase in global temperatures can completely mess up the weather (hence the increase in forest fires, and hurricanes this year). Permalink 5
Trumbleman t1_iui7kdh wrote
Reply to ELI5 why is everybody saying that an 1.5°C increase in global temperature is catastrofic? by BloodyBite1
Because it has a knock-on effect. A 1.5⁰C increase literally by itself might actually be nice in some places.
However, an increase in global temperatures can completely mess up the weather (hence the increase in forest fires, and hurricanes this year).