The worst for the climate is coming!

After the record temperatures of 2016, everything shows that in 2017 new records will be set, thus pushing the climate of our planet - and the whole Earth - to an increasingly "uncharted region", according to a new report by scientists of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The Agency's annual report on the global climate states that last year the global average temperature was 1,1 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and slightly higher (by 0,06 degrees) than the previous record of 2015. The Earth has have seen such temperatures for about 115.000 years, while atmospheric dioxide levels are probably the highest in four million years.

The oceans were unusually warm last year, sea levels rose significantly (by about 15 millimeters between 2014-2016), the extent of Arctic ice was well below average throughout almost all of 2016, and both severe droughts and Major floods hit various parts of Africa and Asia.

 The forecasts for this year are just as ominous, as the extreme weather conditions already seem to continue. The Arctic is experiencing "the equivalent of a polar heat wave" while Antarctic sea ice is at record levels, according to the report. And this is despite the fact that this year the powerful El Nino phenomenon, which existed in 2016 in the Pacific Ocean, has weakened.

"Even without a strong El Niίνo in 2017, we are seeing other remarkable changes around the globe, testing the limits of our understanding of the climate system. "We are already in a really uncharted area," said David Carlson, director of the Global Climate Research Program, according to New Scientist and Britain's Guardian and The Independent.

"The new report confirms that 2016 was the hottest in meteorological history. "With the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere constantly breaking new records, the impact of human activities on the climate system has become increasingly apparent," said PMO Secretary-General Peteri Taalas.

 The new WTO report has prompted some scientists to point out that there is now more than ever a need for coordinated international action. Some did not fail to criticize Donald Trump and other leading Republicans in Congress that, like the ostrich, they "bury their heads in the sand," said Sir Robert Watson, a professor at the University of the East of England. climate science.

 Scientists are worried that the influence of climate change skeptics and deniers will gradually increase, as unfortunately those who refuse to listen to scientists and recognize scientific data seem to be on the rise. Some climatologists fear that the United States under Trump may even withdraw from the Paris International Agreement on Climate Change, at a time when, as Thalas said, "it is absolutely vital that this agreement be implemented."

 Source: RES - EIA