” The time for action is running out ” says the World Meteorological Organization.
She’s worried the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) , the UN agency that has the task of keeping an eye on the weather.
A concern you have data on the emissions of “greenhouse gases” that occurred in 2013 and, according to the press release of the same WMO, have been record-breaking.
“In 2013, the concentration of CO 2 in the atmosphere was 142% of that of the pre-industrial (1750) and methane and l ‘ nitrous oxide were equal to 253% and 121%, respectively, “ the agency said.
According to the data, between 2012 and 2013, the increase in carbon dioxide levels would have been higher than in any other year since 1984, hence, the choice of talking about records.
In detail, in 2013 the concentration of carbon dioxide was 396 parts per million, or 2.9 shares per million more than in 2012; methane instead settles 1,824 parts per billion, and nitrous oxide to 325.9 shares per billion.
Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of WMO, “time is running out” .
“We know without any doubt that our climate is changing, it is becoming more extreme and the cause is human activity, such as burning coal,” said Jarraud However, he added that we could still intervene to avert this scenario by cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Among the effects of the emissions of these gases in the agency reports this year also the acidification of the oceans, in which part of the above gas end: about a quarter of the carbon dioxide, for example ends up in the water of the seas.
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