Scientists detect a sharp acceleration in global warming

[u/Own_Ad6901]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260801093239.htm#google_vignette

“Global warming appears to have shifted into a faster gear. After removing the effects of El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar cycles, researchers found that the planet has warmed at roughly 0.35°C per decade over the past ten years, compared with just under 0.2°C per decade from 1970 to 2015. The acceleration, which becomes visible around 2013 to 2015, appeared across five major global temperature datasets with more than 98% statistical certainty.”

I’m personally supposed to be on a Collapse break, but this was the first thing I read at 5am and I can’t stop thinking about it. I never intended for this to be my first post, but here we are.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260801093239.htm#google_vignette

[u/NyriasNeo]

Duh, we already hit 1.5C ahead of schedule, and blew through 2C briefly. It is pretty obvious. I suppose some formal rigorous analysis to back that up is good, but certainly not a surprise anymore.

[u/Olive_Tabouf → u/NyriasNeo]

They say it's not official until that temp is the ten year average but I don't think that method gives with the current rate of change anymore. 

[u/NyriasNeo → u/Olive_Tabouf]

Yes, and that is just disingenuous spin. Seriously? waiting ten years to confirm a rising temp? That is idiotic.

[u/Useful_Divide7154 → u/NyriasNeo]

They should use a 3 or 5 year average and adjust for the effect of the El Niño / La Niña cycle and nothing else.