In 2024, Planet A Average temperature At the surface, it is 1.55 degrees Celsius higher than the average recorded in the pre-industrial period (1850-1900), according to data released on Friday by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which brings together the results of the six largest databases in the world.
It was also found that the past ten years (2015-2024) were the warmest of all documented years, which is a clear indication that global warming has reached critical levels.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the European Union’s Earth observing programme, also confirmed on Friday that last year, Average temperature The surface air temperature was 15.10°C, which is 1.60°C above the estimated temperature between 1850 and 1900.
The result obtained by the World Meteorological Organization indicates that 2024 was the first year in which the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius was crossed, set in the Paris Agreement on climate change as the red line that should not be crossed if measures within humanity’s reach are to contain this phenomenon. Global warming and its consequences.
The figure reported by the World Meteorological Organization, the scientific arm of the United Nations which employs a wide range of scientists and experts from different parts of the world and with different competencies, may have a margin of error of plus or minus 0.13 degrees Celsius.
“The climate story is unfolding before our eyes.”
All temperature assessments have a margin of error, but all the databases used (from the European Union, Japan, the United Kingdom, two in the United States, and NASA) agree that last year was the hottest, but not all of them agree that the 1.5 degree Celsius temperature was the hottest, the organization said. The World Meteorological Department said the barrier had been crossed.
“The climate story is unfolding before our eyes. We have not just had a record year or two, but a whole series of ten years, accompanied by destructive and extreme weather conditions, rising sea levels and melting glaciers.” The Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, Celeste Saulo, expressed this.
All of this did not happen naturally, but rather is a situation driven by high levels of… Greenhouse gases Discharged by human activities into the atmosphere, particularly related to the use of fossil fuels.
However, Saulo wanted Argentina to clarify that the fact that the 1.5°C threshold was crossed in one year does not mean that the long-term temperature targets of 1.5°C were exceeded in one year. Paris Agreementwhich is “measured over decades,” although at the same time he said it must be recognized that every part of the score matters and has significant impacts.
A separate study cited by the World Meteorological Organization as a source indicates that never before has human science recorded such high ocean temperatures, and that this has had a clear impact on the average global temperature.
Record sea temperatures were observed not only on the surface, but at a depth of up to 2,000 metres, according to a study led by scientist Lijing Qing, from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in which 54 scientists from seven countries and 31 entities participated.
90% of the additional heat generated by Global warming It is stored in the oceans, making ocean temperature a crucial indicator of climate change.
The World Meteorological Organization also recognized the impact on Global warming Of short-term fluctuations, especially El Niño (2023 and 2024).
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