Global warming has helped fuel the hottest year on record in 2016, with greenhouse gas concentrations reaching a new high, a United States Government report says.
The report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also cites a strong El Nin˜o cycle as a factor behind the third consecutive year of record global warmth.
The report released on Thursday says last year’s global weather was far more extreme or record breaking than anything approaching normal. NOAA’s annual State of the Climate 2016 report highlighted numerous records including hottest year, highest sea level and lowest sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctica.
The report said the world’s glaciers shrank, for the 37th year in a row, by an average of about a metre, while extreme downpours and droughts increased.
This story was published in today’s Shepparton News - “Climate report paints a depressing picture.”
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