The planet about to reach the dangerous 1.5 degrees of global warming
Brussels, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) July 2020 was recorded as the third warmest month in Europe, behind this same period in 2016 and 2019, which drives the planet today to the brink of reaching the dangerous 1.5 degrees of global warming, experts warn.
According to data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, which depends on the European Commission, July 2020 was 0.49 degrees Celsius (° C) warmer than the 1981-2020 average; the third hottest month in this data logging.
The figures show that, despite this figure, the seventh month of this year was colder by 0.07 ° C than July 2019, and by 0.04 ° C than the same period in 2016.
These anomalies in the average European temperature are generally greater and more variable than the global ones, the study indicates.
According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service study, the average European temperature for July 2020 was 0.2 ° C above the 1981-2010 average.
However, July 2010 still holds the record, with a temperature 2.1 ° C higher in Europe.
Recent research on climate indicates that global warming is constant and has been accelerating in the last decade. Since 2002, above-average temperatures have been recorded every month, and the planet is now around one degree warmer than in the pre-industrial period (1850-1900).
A study by the World Meteorological Organization indicates that the Earth may reach or exceed 1.5 degrees in one of the next five years.
This analysis, led by the UK Met Office based on 150 computer simulations that take into account natural variations and human influence on climate, warns that as time passes by, there is a greater chance of exceeding that limit.
According to this European institution, there is a 24-percent chance that in one of the next five years that 1.5 threshold be reached.
In addition, if they analyze only the average monthly temperature, the possibility of reaching the top - something that already exceptionally happened in February 2016 due to the great influence of the El Niño phenomenon – will rise to 70 percent.
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The figures show that, despite this figure, the seventh month of this year was colder by 0.07 ° C than July 2019, and by 0.04 ° C than the same period in 2016.
These anomalies in the average European temperature are generally greater and more variable than the global ones, the study indicates.
According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service study, the average European temperature for July 2020 was 0.2 ° C above the 1981-2010 average.
However, July 2010 still holds the record, with a temperature 2.1 ° C higher in Europe.
Recent research on climate indicates that global warming is constant and has been accelerating in the last decade. Since 2002, above-average temperatures have been recorded every month, and the planet is now around one degree warmer than in the pre-industrial period (1850-1900).
A study by the World Meteorological Organization indicates that the Earth may reach or exceed 1.5 degrees in one of the next five years.
This analysis, led by the UK Met Office based on 150 computer simulations that take into account natural variations and human influence on climate, warns that as time passes by, there is a greater chance of exceeding that limit.
According to this European institution, there is a 24-percent chance that in one of the next five years that 1.5 threshold be reached.
In addition, if they analyze only the average monthly temperature, the possibility of reaching the top - something that already exceptionally happened in February 2016 due to the great influence of the El Niño phenomenon – will rise to 70 percent.
sus/aph/mem/cdg
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