After a record temperature in 2016, in which Arctic ice continued to decline and sea level continued to rise, the United Nations warned that extreme weather events will continue in 2017.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a specialized agency of the UN, published its annual report.
The report confirms that 2016 was the hottest year ever recorded. The increase in temperature compared to the pre-industrial period reached 1.1 ° C, which means 0.06 ° C more than the previous record of 2015,
said WMO Secretary General Petteri Taalas.
According to the WMO, the so-called extreme events will not only continue in 2017 but recent studies suggest that warming of the oceans could be more pronounced than expected.
El Niño phenomenon, which occurs every four or five years, has caused an increase in the Pacific temperature, triggering droughts and rains above average.
On the other hand, according to the WMO, the Arctic has lived, at least three times, the polar equivalent of a heat wave, which emphasizes that some days the temperature was close to the thaw.
According to the researchers’ findings, changes in the Arctic cause a general modification of oceanic and atmospheric circulation which affects the weather conditions of other regions around the world.
The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere does not stop breaking records, which shows the influence of human activities on the climate system,
said Taalas.