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PARIS, France - Last year's record-breaking temperatures could be a sign that the world is entering a new era above 1.5°C of global warming , scientists say, one never before faced by modern humans.The Paris Agreement threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels is a small-sounding number with big implications for people and nature.
An official breach of the Paris goal would happen at the mid-point of the period -- so within the next 10 years -- unless "stringent" efforts are made to slash greenhouse gas emissions, they said."A year above 1.5°C is not the time for despair, but a call to action," the authors said.In the second study, Alex Cannon of the Canadian Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change used a slightly different methodology, but reached a similar conclusion.
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