Just one degree: How a small rise in global temperature could reshape our world [Video]

A single degree might seem insignificant, but it’s the difference between stability and chaos.Since the 1970s, water in the Gulf of Mexico has increased by about one degree Celsius. While this may seem like a minor change, the consequences should not be underestimated. Each degree of change represents major repercussions.”We see in our models that the ocean temperatures are rising and hurricanes are likely to be more intense. With each degree Celsius of rising sea temperature, the wind intensity can rise by 20 miles per hour,” climate scientist Dr. Isla Simpson said. To better understand these impacts, climate scientists like Simpson create models of different scenarios. “We can run experiments with our models, where we look at a particular hurricane that might have occurred in reality, and then we can run a counterfactual case where you cool those sea surface temperatures and take them back to the temperatures that they …