Tanvi Sharma
Apr 21, 2023
The last eight years have been the warmest ever recorded, while concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide hit new peaks, the UN's World Meteorological Organization said.
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The world's glaciers melted at dramatic speed last year and saving them is effectively a lost cause, the United Nations reported Friday, as climate change indicators once again hit record highs.
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Record high temperatures were recorded in the oceans - where around 90 per cent of the heat trapped on Earth by greenhouse gases ends up.
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Global sea levels are rising at more than double the pace they did in the first decade of measurements in 1993-2002 and touched a new record high last year, the World Meteorological Organization said on April 20.
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Extreme glacier melt and record ocean heat levels - which cause water to expand - contributed to an average rise in sea levels of 4.62mm a year between 2013-2022, the UN agency said in a major report detailing the havoc of climate change.
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Rising sea levels threaten some coastal cities and the very existence of low-lying states such as the island of Tuvalu - which plans to build a digital version of itself in case it is submerged.
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"Antarctic sea ice fell to its lowest extent on record and the melting of some European glaciers was, literally, off the charts," the WMO said as it launched its annual climate overview.
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"The report shows, once again, greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere continue to reach record levels contributing to the warming of the land and ocean, melting of ice sheets and glaciers, rising sea levels, and warming and acidifying of oceans," General Petteri Taalas.
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Looking back at 2022's weather with months of analysis, the World Meteorological Organisation said last year was as bad as it seemed when people were muddling through it. And about as bad as it gets - until more warming kicks in.
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Killer floods, droughts and heat waves hit around the world, costing many billions of dollars in 2022.
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Last year was close to but not quite the hottest year on record, ranking fifth or sixth hottest depending on measuring techniques. But the past eight years are the hottest eight years on record globally.
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The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) reached 415.7 parts per million globally, or 149 per cent of the pre-industrial (1750) level, while methane reached 262 per cent and nitrous oxide hit 124 per cent.
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Odisha sizzled with as many as 29 places recording a temperature above 40 degrees Celsius with Boudh becoming the hottest place in the state with 43.9 degrees C, the Met office said.
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All schools affiliated with the state board in Maharashtra will remain closed from April 20 given the prevailing heat wave conditions, the government has said. Schools of other boards can decide on closure after considering their curriculum and activities.
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Climate scientists have warned that the world could breach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, fuelled by climate change and the anticipated return of warming El Nine conditions.
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