WMO – आवारा मुसाफिर

Global temperature likely to rise 1.5 degrees Celsius for the first time in 5 years

May 17, 2023955 Views

For the first time ever, global temperatures are now more likely than not to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming within the next five years, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday. This does not mean the world would cross the long-term warming threshold of 1.5C above preindustrial levels set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement. But a year of warming at 1.5C could offer a glimpse of what crossing that longer term threshold, based on the 30-year global average, would be like. FILE PHOTO: The sun rises above the Atlantic Ocean as waves crash near beach goers walking along a jetty, Dec. 7, 2022, in Bal Harbour, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) With a 66% chance of temporarily reaching 1.5C by 2027, "it's the first time in history that it's...

जलवायु परिवर्तन

Oceans are hotter, higher and more acidic, climate report warns

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

May 18, 2022259 Views

The world's oceans grew to their warmest and most acidic levels on record last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, as United Nations officials warned that war in Ukraine threatened global climate commitments. Oceans saw the most striking extremes as the WMO detailed a range of turmoil wrought by climate change in its annual "State of the Global Climate" report. It said melting ice sheets had helped push sea levels to new heights in 2021. FILE PHOTO: Dead fish appear on the beaches of La Manga del Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain, August 21, 2021. REUTERS/Eva Manez "Our climate is changing before our eyes. The heat trapped by human-induced greenhouse gases will warm the planet for many generations to come," said WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas in a st...

जलवायु परिवर्तन

World could see 1.5C of warming in next five years, WMO reports

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

May 10, 2022397 Views

The world faces a 50% chance of warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, if only briefly, by 2026, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday. That does not mean the world would be crossing the long-term warming threshold of 1.5C (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), which scientists have set as the ceiling for avoiding catastrophic climate change. But a year of warming at 1.5C could offer a taste of what crossing that long-term threshold would be like. "We are getting measurably closer to temporarily reaching the lower target of the Paris Agreement," said WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas, referring to climate accords adopted in 2015. The likelihood of exceeding 1.5C for a short period has been rising since 2015, with scientists in 2020 estimatin...

खबरनामाघटनाएंजलवायु परिवर्तन

Greenhouse gas levels hit record last year

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

October 25, 20211279 Views

Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is "way off track" in capping rising temperatures, the United Nations said on Monday in a stark illustration of the task facing climate talks in Glasgow. A report by the U.N. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) showed carbon dioxide levels surged to 413.2 parts per million in 2020, rising more than the average rate over the last decade despite a temporary dip in emissions during COVID-19 lockdowns. WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said the current rate of increase in heat-trapping gases would result in temperature rises "far in excess" of the 2015 Paris Agreement target of 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average this century. "We are way off track," he said. "We need to revisit our industr...