Scientists from the United States space agency (NASA) confirmed and warned this Monday that July is the hottest month since measurements were taken. 2024 will be a warmer year than this 2023.
“It’s above the abnormal and expected trend we’re seeing right now. (…) 2023 will not only be extraordinarily hot, but also 2024 will be even hotter”Gavin Schmidt, Director of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, spoke at a press conference.
According to NASA calculations, July 2023 was 0.24 degrees Celsius warmer than any other recorded July date, and 1.18 degrees Celsius warmer than the July average between 1951 and 1980.
The five warmest joules since 1880 have occurred in the last five years. indicates the institution. The previous record was in July 2019.
Consequences of meteorological phenomenon El Niño is part of the reason for this increaseSchmidt states that its possible effects are not yet fully seen this year and that “a larger event is expected towards the end of the year”. The biggest impact of El Niño will occur in 2024.
Also, he says, “There’s more going on beyond El Niño” With “extreme temperatures in the North Atlantic and elsewhere” and “consistency of sea surface temperature anomalies”.
more fire
The effects of this global warming mean: contributes to “heat waves and more heavy rains” and “growth of wildfires” in areas affected by high temperatures”.
Some of the results that are being seen are, for example, recent fires in hawaii, It has become the deadliest in the last century in the United States, with close to a hundred victims on the island of Maui.
“Storm trails move north with climate change. “Hawaii has been receiving less rainfall overall for over a decade, so there are long-term effects that contribute,” he says.
For this reason, climate crisis “a kind of threat multiplier for wildfires” and “there’s a general trend that we’re going to see more and more towards larger and more intense bushfires.”
Several scientists from NASA and the National Office of the Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) attended the press conference. greenhouse gases need to be reduced.
“It’s important to remember that if we continue to warm our planet and sustain greenhouse gas emissions, these years will be colder by the middle of the century compared to future years,” he said.
the oceans are warming
Another consequence of global warming is increase in ocean temperaturesAs Carlos Del Castillo, head of the ocean ecology laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, told Efe.
“What happens in the sea does not stay in the sea. “Ocean waters are much warmer, which causes more warm water to enter the atmosphere, which intensifies storms and creates hurricanes,” he explains.
sea temperature it can even contribute to “much stronger blizzards that seem counterintuitive”. “It’s all about the amount of energy in the system,” he elaborates.
And in the end, what the temperature rise in the ocean leaves behind, overall damage to the planet’s economy“Not only in terms of food, but also in terms of trade, shipping routes were more affected by the storm.”
Some economic impacts that will also affect the millions of people living along the coast. “Storms and hurricanes will affect coastal infrastructure and there will be more flooding,” he says.
Del Castillo adds that during his years as a scientist, he began to worry about the world he would leave to his daughter, from worrying about the world his great-grandchildren would leave for his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
“Our generation will not pass the test of history because knowledge has long been open and we have been talking about it for decades. There is information, there is technology, but we have slowed down a lot.” to answer,” he claims.
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