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Letter: When every thousandth of a degree counts

Published 24 January 2024

From John Rymell, London, UK

I suggest we start stating global average temperature rises in millikelvin instead of degrees Celsius, in which case we would refer to our strictest global warming target as a 1500 mK rise. This sounds more serious than 1.5°C, so might persuade far more people to take serious notice of, and act more quickly on, the crisis (Letters, 6 January).

Issue no. 3475 published 27 January 2024

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