Submission + - NASA, NOAA Analyses Reveal Record-Shattering Global Warm Temperatures in 2015 2
vikingpower writes: Earth’s 2015 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern record keeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Globally-averaged temperatures in 2015 shattered the previous mark set in 2014 by 0.23 degrees Fahrenheit (0.13 Celsius). Only once before, in 1998, has the new record been greater than the old record by this much.
The British Met office also reports on the same phenomenon, even forecasting that global temperatures are very soon going to reach the one-degree-celsius marker.
According to Stephen Belcher, Director of the Met Office Hadley Centre, ""We've had similar natural events in the past, yet this is the first time we're set to reach the 1 C marker and it's clear that it is human influence driving our modern climate into uncharted territory."
Globally-averaged temperatures in 2015 shattered the previous mark set in 2014 by 0.23 degrees Fahrenheit (0.13 Celsius). Only once before, in 1998, has the new record been greater than the old record by this much.
The British Met office also reports on the same phenomenon, even forecasting that global temperatures are very soon going to reach the one-degree-celsius marker.
According to Stephen Belcher, Director of the Met Office Hadley Centre, ""We've had similar natural events in the past, yet this is the first time we're set to reach the 1 C marker and it's clear that it is human influence driving our modern climate into uncharted territory."
Why so quiet? (Score:2)
Given the tremendous contribution computing now provides to global warming it's not surprising that no one wants to talk about it. Of course the problem with that is that it keeps getting warmer and warmer.
What a Coincidence (Score:1)