For two straight days, the global average temperature spiked into uncharted territory.
After scientists talked about Monday’s dramatic heat, Tuesday went 0.17 degrees Celsius even hotter, which is a huge temperature jump in terms of global averages and records.
This global record is not quite the type regularly used by gold-standard climate measurement entities like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. But it is an indication that climate change is reaching into uncharted territory. It legitimately captures global-scale heating and NOAA will take these figures into consideration when it does its official record calculations, said Deke Arndt, director of the National Center for Environmental Information, a division of NOAA.
Human-caused climate change is like an upward escalator for global temperatures, and El Nino is like jumping up while standing on that escalator, Arndt said. Saffell added that the risk is already high for the young and old, who are vulnerable to heat even under normal conditions.
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