– After a 2015 certificate as the warmest year of the last 136 years, 2016 does not disappoint and start setting a new record on the thermometer. January past year, according to NASA data, has been the warmest since 1880, that is, when you have the availability of data. The global temperature has reached 1.13 degrees higher than the average for 1951-1980, which is the parameter used by the US to measure the temperature trend.
A rise record (negative) – This is the deviation from the highest average ever recorded in history, and the fourth consecutive time in which the temperature rises by more than one degree above average after October (+1.06 degrees) November (+1.02) and December (+1, 11) past.
Blame not only de El Nino – On the record has helped the natural phenomenon periodic El Nino, which warms the waters of the Pacific, but only minimally. Stefan Rahmstorf, of the Potsdam Institute researcher, El Nino can pick up to 0.2 degrees centigrade thermometer at most, while “over 80% of the increase is due to global warming.”
Need to eliminate fossil fuels – The weakening of Nino in the coming months could bring down global temperatures but in part, explained the expert to the Sydney Morning Herald, “the trend heating will go on until we will eliminate fossil fuels. “
Fiji first country ratifying the Cop21 – Meanwhile, Fiji became the first country to ratify the agreement signed for the climate in Paris in December at the UN climate summit (Cop21). The archipelago has committed to generate 100% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, thanks to international aid. He also promised to cut emissions by 30% the energy sector by the same date. To ensure that the Paris Agreement is effective serves ratification by at least 55 countries of 195, representing at least 55% of global emissions.
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