18 August 2019

. . . but 'it's a dry heat' > Extreme Climate Change Is Here In Arizona

The Energy 202:
Here's where the U.S. is warming the fastest
 
By Dino Grandoni
Reporter covering energy and environmental policy
THE LIGHTBULB
_______________________________________________________________________2°C: Beyond the limit                             
Extreme climate change has arrived in America
By Steven Mufson
Steven Mufson
Reporter covering the business of climate change
, Chris Mooney
Chris Mooney
Reporter covering climate change, energy and the environment.
, Juliet Eilperin
Juliet Eilperin
Reporter covering domestic policy and national affairs
and John Muyskens
John Muyskens
Graphics editor specializing in data analysis and visualization

Photography by Salwan Georges
Salwan Georges
 
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Note: NOAA does not provide data for Alaska or Hawaii for this time period. (Washington Post)
Many consider global warming beyond 2 degrees Celsius a critical threshold. World leaders who signed the 2015 Paris climate accords used it as a benchmark of success. Scientists warn virtually all the world’s coral reefs will disappear should we cross that point.
But in many places in the United States, average temperatures have already climbed near — or even past — that mark. These places, where average global temperatures are approaching or have even gone beyond 2 degrees Celsius above pre-Industrial Revolution levels, count as among the fastest-warming places on Earth, The Post's Steven Mufson, Chris Mooney, Juliet Eilperin and John Muyskens report.
The Post team analyzed more than a century of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration temperature data across the country and found a number of 2C hot spots in the United States. 
 
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