a minute ago2019 The Second Warmest Year in History
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(6 years ago)Last year was the second hottest since the Industrial Revolution, after 2016, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced today. The average global temperature was 1.1 degrees Celsius higher than the average temperature of the second half of the 19th century, Geneva-based agency reported. “If current emissions levels [...]
The average global temperature was 1.1 degrees Celsius higher than the average temperature of the second half of the 19th century, Geneva-based agency reported.
“If current levels of carbon dioxide emissions continue, we are heading towards a temperature increase from three to five degrees by the end of the century,” warns WMO Secretary General Petter Taalas in a statement.
Under the Paris Agreement for 2015, the states pledged to keep up the temperature below two degrees compared to pre-industrial levels. The treaty set a 1.5 degree target.
Besides being extremely warm, 2019 will also be remembered for reducing the volume of glaciers, record sea-level rise, rising ocean temperatures, and acidity, as well as extreme weather.
“20 has continued to where it left in 2019 with devastating weather and climate-related events,” said Taalas.
He underlined, for example, the wild fires in Australia that followed 2019 -- the warmest and most dryest year in the continent's history -- KosovoPress broadcasts.
