Atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, global average sea levels, and ocean heat content surpassed previous records in 2021, underscoring the extent to which the fossil fuel-driven climate emergency is worsening in the absence of meaningful efforts to fundamentally reorganize the world’s political economy.
That’s according to the 32nd annual State of the Climate report—an international assessment involving more than 530 scientists from 67 countries—compiled by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Centers for Environmental Information and published on Wednesday.
— source commondreams.org | Kenny Stancil | Sep 1, 2022