2023: +1.54ºC! Why Is Global Warming Accelerating? Interview with Leon Simons

In this Climate Chat episode we discuss the rapid acceleration of global warming with climate scientist Leon Simons. The Berkeley Earth dataset shows the average global surface temperature in 2023 was +1.54ºC above the pre-industrial average. This is far above previous years and while there was an El Niño starting in 2023, it cannot explain the full jump in global temperature. Leon Simons is a climate scientist based in the Netherlands. He was a co-author with James Hansen on last year's "Global Warming in the Pipeline" paper that discussed the recent acceleration in global warming. Leon's work has focused recently on changes in aerosol emissions from ships and the impact of those changes on climate change. You can access Leon's research writings here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leon-Simons Berkeley Earth report on 2023 temperature: https://berkeleyearth.org/press-release-2023-was-the-warmest-year-on-recordpress-release/ Landmark "Global Warming in the Pipeline" paper by James Hansen, Leon Simons, and others: https://academic.oup.com/oocc/article/3/1/kgad008/7335889 Climate Chat interview with James Hansen: https://youtube.com/live/8Ag3UVSrlhE For more Climate Chat episodes, see our YouTube home page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3BXcpYFCzTndJ9Fisi32qg