Past 12 months break extreme heat records
The world has had its hottest year since records began. A climate report said every month in the past year was more than 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial averages. The industrial period started in the mid-nineteenth century. This is when we started to burn lots of fossil fuels. A climate scientist said the results of the report show a "large and continuing shift" in climate change. He warned: "We are bound to see new records being broken as the climate continues to warm…unless we stop putting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere." |