2024-01-13 13:26:20
The NASA warned that The planet is in a “climate crisis” since in 2023 the average temperature of the Earth’s surface was the warmest ever recorded, exceeding the reference values by 1.2 degrees, reported scientists from the Goddard Institute for Space Research New York (GISS, in its acronym in Spanish). English United States.
«The global temperature report from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirms what billions of people around the world experienced last year: “We are facing a climate crisis,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a post on the agency’s website.
«From extreme heat, to wildfires, to rising sea levels, we can see that our Earth is changing. “NASA will continue to use our strategic position in space to bring critical climate data to Earth that is understandable and accessible to all people,” he added.
In 2023, a world high temperature record was set for each month from June to December.
July was the hottest month ever recorded, and overall the Earth was regarding 1.4 degrees warmer in 2023 than the average at the end of the 19th century, when modern record-keeping began.
«“The exceptional warming we are experiencing is not something we have seen in human history.”stated Gavin Schmidt, director of the GISS, and clarified that “it is mainly due to our fossil fuel emissions, and we are observing their impacts on thes heat waves, heavy rains and coastal flooding.
In May 2023, The ocean went from La Niña to El Niño, which often coincides with the hottest years on record.
However, Record temperatures in the second half of 2023 occurred before the peak of the current El Niño phenomenon, Therefore, scientists expect to observe the greatest impacts of El Niño in February, March and April.
«The record year of 2023 underlines the importance of taking urgent and continued measures to address climate change,” said NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy.
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