Paleoclimatological Context and Reference Level of the 2 °C and 1.5 °C Paris Agreement Long - Term Temperature Limits The Paris Agreement adopted in December 2015 during the COP21 conference stipulates that the increase in the global average temperature is to be kept well below 2 °C above «pre-industrial levels» and that efforts are pursued to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above «pre-industrial levels.» (kaltesonne.de)
Given the collective paleoclimatological evidence from the Paleogene, and a little knowledge of nonlinear dynamical systems, it seems strange to think that anyone who understands these matters would think their heuristics and experience would continue to apply in a world which is no longer as stable as it once was. (667-per-cm.net)
We're saying no, there is enough independent evidence that the drop in fire was caused by cooling climate,» says Mitchell Power, an assistant professor of geography at the University of Utah and principal author of a new paleoclimatological study that is due to appear in the journal The Holocene in August. (bitsofscience.org)