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Scientists Warn of Accelerating Global Warming and Sea Level Rise
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Scientists Warn of Accelerating Global Warming and Sea Level Rise

From TVN Panamá · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Scientists warn that global warming is accelerating, with sea levels rising at an increasing rate.
  • They fear budget cuts could jeopardize crucial climate observation systems.
  • Without reduced greenhouse gas emissions, the 1.5°C warming threshold could be reached around 2030.

A prominent group of scientists has issued a stark warning: global warming is accelerating, and sea levels are rising faster than previously understood. The researchers also expressed concern that budget cuts could compromise vital climate observation systems, hindering future monitoring and analysis.

These indicators constitute an essential monitoring of the vital signs of a patient with increasingly worrying symptoms.

— Peter ThorneProfessor of physical geography at Maynooth University and IPCC member, describing the key indicators of global warming.

The latest findings, presented in the fourth edition of a key annual study, indicate that the 1.5°C warming threshold could be breached around 2030 if greenhouse gas emission rates are not significantly reduced. The study, which updates 12 critical indicators of global warming, involved over 70 scientists from 17 countries, including authors from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

"These indicators constitute an essential monitoring of the vital signs of a patient with increasingly worrying symptoms," stated Peter Thorne, a professor of physical geography at Maynooth University in Ireland and an IPCC member. The researchers highlighted that the Earth's energy imbalance has doubled in recent decades, reaching a record high. This imbalance is attributed to a combination of factors, including record greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels and a reduction in aerosol pollution, which previously had a cooling effect.

observation systems are "weakened or threatened by decisions geopolíticas or related to public funding."

— Valérie Masson-DelmotteFrench paleoclimatologist and former IPCC working group co-chair, commenting on the vulnerability of climate monitoring systems.

Valérie Masson-Delmotte, a French paleoclimatologist and former IPCC working group co-chair, noted that observation systems are being "weakened or threatened by geopolitical or public funding-related decisions." The study estimates that global warming reached 1.39°C above pre-industrial levels in 2025, with 1.37°C attributable to human activity. The rate of human-caused warming continues at its highest level to date. "Given that greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, keeping warming below this threshold now seems impossible," concluded Aurélien Ribes, a climatologist at Météo-France.

Given that greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, keeping warming below this threshold now seems impossible.

— Aurélien RibesClimatologist at Météo-France, commenting on the likelihood of exceeding the 1.5°C warming limit.
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Originally published by TVN Panamá in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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