Friday, May 31, 2019

State of the climate: Heat across Earth's surface and oceans mark early 2019 » Yale Climate Connections

Global surface temperatures in 2019 are on track to be either the second or third warmest since records began in the mid-1800s, behind only 2016 and possibly 2017.
n top of the long-term warming trend, temperatures in 2019 have been buoyed by a moderate El Niño event that is likely to persist through the rest of the year.
That’s one of the key findings from Carbon Brief’s latest “state of the climate” report, a quarterly series on global climate data that now includes temperatures, ocean heat, sea levels, greenhouse gas concentrations, climate model performance and polar ice.
Ocean heat content (OHC) set a new record in early 2019, with more warmth in the oceans than at any time since OHC records began in 1940.
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The latest data shows that the level of the world’s oceans continued to rise in 2019, with sea levels around 8.5 centimeters (cm) higher than in the early 1990s.
State of the climate: Heat across Earth's surface and oceans mark early 2019 » Yale Climate Connections

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