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Climate Crisis-Scientist Rings the Alarm, “We are witnessing consequences of our inaction unfold in real-time.”

Climate Crisis-“It turns out the climate is changing for the worse far quicker than predicted by early climate models.

Climate change is taking affect in an era defined by soaring temperatures and escalating environmental perils, the release of Bill McGuire’s latest work, Hothouse Earth,” resonates with striking urgency.

As humanity grapples with the profound consequences of climate change, McGuire, an esteemed emeritus professor of geophysical and climate hazards at University College London, delivers a sobering narrative that lays bare the stark realities of our planet’s impending climatic catastrophe. In this comprehensive exploration, we delve into McGuire’s compelling analysis, examining the profound implications of his insights and the imperative for decisive action in the face of escalating environmental threats.

Against the backdrop of record-high temperatures and intensifying climate extremes, McGuire’s points out our planet’s perilous trajectory. With a career spanning decades in the field of geophysical and climate hazards, McGuire brings a wealth of expertise to bear on the urgent question of climate change.

From unprecedented heatwaves to catastrophic floods and devastating wildfires, McGuire paints a vivid portrait of the profound disruptions wrought by climate change on ecosystems and societies worldwide.

Beyond the Tipping Point: Understanding Climate Breakdown

At the heart of McGuire’s analysis lies a sobering recognition: we have crossed the threshold into an era of irreversible climate breakdown. Despite decades of warnings and mounting scientific evidence, humanity has failed to heed the call for urgent action on climate change. Now, as McGuire warns, we are witnessing the consequences of our inaction unfold in real-time.

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‘Soon the world will be unrecognisable’: is it still possible to prevent total climate meltdown?

Globe with steam rising from it. North and South America in view.
Record high temperatures and extreme weather events are being recorded around the world. Photograph: Ian Logan/Getty Images

Blistering heatwaves are just the start. We must accept how bad things are before we can head off global catastrophe, according to a leading UK scientist

The publication of Bill McGuire’s latest book, Hothouse Earth, could not be more timely. Appearing in the shops this week, it will be perused by sweltering customers who have just endured record high temperatures across the UK and now face the prospect of weeks of drought to add to their discomfort.

And this is just the beginning, insists McGuire, who is emeritus professor of geophysical and climate hazards at University College London. As he makes clear in his uncompromising depiction of the coming climatic catastrophe, we have – for far too long – ignored explicit warnings that rising carbon emissions are dangerously heating the Earth. Now we are going to pay the price for our complacency in the form of storms, floods, droughts and heatwaves that will easily surpass current extremes.

The crucial point, he argues, is that there is now no chance of us avoiding a perilous, all-pervasive climate breakdown. We have passed the point of no return and can expect a future in which lethal heatwaves and temperatures in excess of 50C (120F) are common in the tropics; where summers at temperate latitudes will invariably be baking hot, and where our oceans are destined to become warm and acidic. “A child born in 2020 will face a far more hostile world that its grandparents did,” McGuire insists.

Bill McGuire.
Bill McGuire is emeritus professor of geophysical and climate hazards at University College London and was also an adviser to the UK government.

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