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Re: Global temperatures set to reach 1 °C marker for first time

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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Global temperatures set to reach 1 ?C marker for first time
>> http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/release/archive/2015/one-degree
> 
>> This represents an important marker as the world continues to warm
>> due to human influence.
>>
>> 'Uncharted territory'
>>
>> Based on data from January to September, the HadCRUT dataset jointly
>> run by the Met Office and the Climate Research Unit at the University
>> of East Anglia shows 2015 global mean temperature at 1.02 ?C (?0.11
>> ?C) above pre-industrial levels*.
>>
>> Stephen Belcher, Director of the Met Office Hadley Centre, said: "We
>> have seen a strong El Nino develop in the Tropical Pacific this year
>> and that will have had some impact on this year's global
>> temperature.
>>
>> "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."
>>
>> Early indications suggest 2016 will be similarly warm and while it's
>> more difficult to say exactly what will happen in the years
>> immediately after that, we expect warming to continue in the longer
>> term.
>>

Be terrified... 

-- 
Jim Pennino

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Global temperatures set to reach 1 °C marker for first time Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 18:27 -0600
  Re: Global temperatures set to reach 1 °C marker for first time jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-11-10 01:20 +0000
  Re: Global temperatures set to reach 1 °C marker for first time gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-11-09 21:02 -0600

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