{"id":2771,"date":"2021-02-09T06:25:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T19:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=2771"},"modified":"2021-02-09T06:25:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T19:25:02","slug":"parts-of-united-states-are-heating-faster-than-globe-as-a-whole-part-22-in-everywhere-is-warming-twice-as-fast-as-everywhere-else-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.realclimaterecords.com.au\/?p=2771","title":{"rendered":"Parts of United States are heating faster than globe as a whole. Part 22 in everywhere is warming twice as fast as everywhere else."},"content":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/climate-consensus-97-per-cent\/2017\/jan\/17\/parts-of-united-states-are-heating-faster-than-globe-as-a-whole<\/a><\/p>\n

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A new study shows the Northeast USA will reach the dangerous 2\u00b0C warming threshold faster than most of the rest of the planet.<\/p>\n

Global warming obviously refers to temperature increases across the entire globe. We know the Earth is warming, we know it is human-caused, we have a pretty good idea about how much the warming will be in the future and what some of the consequences are. In fact, when it comes to the Earth\u2019s average climate, scientists have a pretty good understanding.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, no one lives in the average climate. We live spread out north, west, east, and south. On islands, large continents, inland or in coastal regions. Many of us want to know what\u2019s going to happen to the climate where we live. How will my life be affected in the future?<\/p>\n

This type of question is answered in a very recent study<\/a> published by scientists from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The team, which includes Dr. Raymond Bradley and researcher Dr. Ambarish Karmalkar looked specifically at the Northeastern United States. They found that this area will warm much more rapidly than the globe as a whole. In fact, it will warm faster than any other United States region. The authors expect the Northeast US will warm 50% faster than the planet as a whole. They also find that the United States will reach a 2 degree Celsius warming 10\u201320 years before the globe as a whole.<\/p>\n

So why does this matter? Well first, it matters because some of the effects people will experience are directly tied to the temperature increase in their region. For instance, we know that warmer air leads to more intense precipitation. In fact, we are already observing increases in very heavy rainfall across the United States (especially in the Northeast). Based on this new research, that trend will only get worse. It means that winters in this region will get warmer and wetter \u2013 more winter precipitation will likely occur as rain rather than snow. This affects the availability of water into the spring months. It also means that summers will have more intense heat waves which will lead to more severe droughts.<\/p>\n

However, there is another impact to this study. We often hear that it is important to avoid increasing the Earth\u2019s temperature by 2\u00b0C if we want to prevent the worst risks of climate change. This 2-degree target is somewhat based on science and somewhat based on messaging and politics. There\u2019s nothing magic about this number. It isn\u2019t like everything will be fine so long as we stay below 2 degrees; similarly the world won\u2019t end if we exceed 2 degrees.<\/p>\n

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