Average
temperatures across Northern Hemisphere breach 2 degrees Celsius
limit
On
3 March, the average temperature of the world’s Northern Hemisphere
breached the 2 degrees Celsius above “normal” mark for the first
time in recorded history
7
March, 2016
For
the first time in history, the average temperature of the world’s
Northern Hemisphere breached the 2 degrees Celsius above “normal”
mark, for a few hours, according to a report by Slate’s Future
Tense.
Eric
Holthaus a meteorologist who writes about weather and climate
for Slate’s
Future Tense wrote
that as of Thursday morning the under the 2 degrees Celsius aim,
agreed at the UN Paris Climate Change Conference was already breached
at the Northern Hemisphere.
According
to the scientists if global temperature rise above 2 degrees Celsius
then it will be “dangerous” for mankind and Earth. Holthaus wrote
“It’s now arrived—though very briefly—much more quickly than
anticipated. This is a milestone moment for our species. Climate
change deserves our greatest possible attention.”
High
temperatures at the Northern Hemisphere were expected as the Arctic
in particular experienced terrific warmth throughout the winter.
Temperatures at the North Pole approached 0C in late December
being – 30C to 35C above average.
Mark
Serreze, the director of the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre,
described the conditions as “absurd” and told the British
Daily, The
Guardian,
“The heat has been unrelenting over the entire season…I’ve been
studying Arctic climate for 35 years and have never seen anything
like this before.”
The
Guardian also spoke to Professor Michael Mann, the director of Penn
State Earth System Science Centre and he said that the climate change
was not due to the El Niño phenomenon. “A number of folks have
done this (correlation between El Niño and increased temperature),”
he said, “and come to the conclusion it (the El Niño) was
responsible for less than 0.1C of the anomalous warmth. In other
words, we would have set an all-time global temperature record [in
2015] even without any help from El Niño.”
Bill
McKibben founder of the climate campaign 350.org, and the Schumann
Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College
wrote an opinion piece at Boston Globe and said:
“The
messages are clear. First, global warming is not a future threat —
it’s the present reality, a menace not to our grandchildren but to
our present civilizations…Second, since we’re in a hole it’s
time to stop digging — literally. We’ve simply got to keep coal
and oil and gas in the ground.”
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