By JOHN SCHWARTZ and NADJA POPOVICH NASA scientists announced Wednesday that the Earth’s average surface temperature in 2018 was the fourth highest in nearly 140 years of record-keeping and a continuation of an unmistakable warming trend. The data means that the five warmest years in recorded history have been the last five, and that 18 of the 19 warmest years …
Global warming of oceans equivalent to an atomic bomb per second – 1/7/2019
By Damian Carrington Global warming has heated the oceans by the equivalent of one atomic bomb explosion per second for the past 150 years, according to analysis of new research. More than 90% of the heat trapped by humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions has been absorbed by the seas, with just a few per cent heating the air, land and …
Summary for Policymakers of IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5oC approved by governments 10/8/18
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