Why Has Global Warming Just Spiked?

Posted on 21 May 2025 by Guest Author

This video includes personal musings and conclusions of the creator climate scientist Dr. Adam Levy. It is presented to our readers as an informed perspective. Please see video description for references (if any).

Climate scientists weren’t expecting 2023. The planet’s temperature is increasing thanks to that whole burning fossil fuels thing. But 2023 was different: Temperatures lurched upwards. And 2024 was even hotter, passing the crucial 1.5 degree global warming limit. Now, scientists are trying to work out what’s driven this climate spike – and work out whether it’s just a bump in the road, or a sign that our planet’s engine might have become turbo charged…

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