preindustrial
Britishadjective
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The global scientific consensus is that most coral reefs would perish at warming of 1.5C above preindustrial levels -- the ambitious, long-term limit countries agreed to pursue under the 2015 Paris climate accord.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
Signatories to the Paris Agreement in 2015 aspired to hold the rise in temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025
The global mean temperature also rose to nearly 1.5 degrees above the preindustrial level, another record.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024
In 2015, almost 200 nations agreed to try to limit global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius — or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit — above preindustrial levels as part of the Paris climate accord.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024
The neuropsychologist James W. Prescott has performed a startling cross-cultural statistical analysis of 400 preindustrial societies and found that cultures that lavish physical affection on infants tend to be disinclined to violence.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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