As Earth sets temperature record, expert says solutions to ‘dangerous climate change’ exist
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The planet has warmed past the 1.5 degrees Celsius pre-industrial normal temperature.
Final confirmation on 2024 being the hottest year on record is expected from NOAA and the European Union, but the effects of climate change on a warming planet is being felt from wild fires in California to the snowless winters in Minnesota.
“We’re certainly seeing a lot of dangerous climate change now,” said Jeff Masters with the Yale Climate Connection. “Winters have been the most dramatically affected season of all the seasons. They’re so much warmer now, less ice, less snow.”
But there are solutions, he added. “It’s the clean energy revolution.”
To hear the full conversation with Jeff Masters and MPR meteorologist Paul Huttner, click play on the audio player above or subscribe to the Climate Cast podcast.
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