2017 Among Three Hottest Years; Arctic Melting Fast

[Judi Lynn]

Posted by News Editor in Air/Climate, Latest News, RSS on January 6, 2018 11:32 pm

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 6, 2017 (ENS) – The 2017 global land and ocean temperature will likely be among the three hottest years on record, and is expected to be the warmest year without a warming El Niño weather pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean, according to the World Meteorological Organization, which relies on observations from its 191 member states and territories.

The first 11 months of the year were the third warmest on record, behind 2016 and 2015, with much warmer than average conditions dominating much of the world’s land and ocean surfaces, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA.

Arctic temperatures continue to increase at double the rate of the global temperature increase. In addition, sea ice coverage in both the Arctic and Antarctic remain at near record lows, satellite data shows.

NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, GISS, and the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, ECMWF, Copernicus Climate Change Service both said that the past meteorological year, from December 2016 to November 2017, is the second warmest on record.

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[BigmanPigman]

1. And right now Australia is cooking with record breaking highs.