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2013 on track to be one of
the warmest years on record
UN ?gures show global temperatures and sea levels continuing to rise
By GreenWeek staff
T
his year is on course to
be among the top 10
warmest since modern
records began in 1850, the
United Nations World
Meteorological Organization
(WMO) said this week, adding
that melting ice caps and
glaciers have contributed to a
record high in global sea levels.
“Temperatures so far this year are
about the same as the average
during 2001-2010, which was the
warmest decade on record,” said
WMO Secretary-General Michel
Jarraud. “All of the warmest years
have been since 1998 and this year
once again continues the
underlying, long-term trend.”
The ?rst nine months of 2013
were the joint seventh warmest
such period on record, with a
global land and ocean surface
temperature of about 0.48°c
above the 1961–1990 average.
“Atmospheric concentrations of
carbon dioxide and other
greenhouse gases reached new
highs in 2012, and we expect
them to reach unprecedented
levels yet again in 2013. This
means that we are committed to a
warmer future,” Mr Jarraud said.
He noted that surface
temperatures are only part of the
picture, as the impact of climate
change is already being felt on the
water cycle in the form of ?oods,
extreme precipitation and droughts.
The WMO’s provisional statement
on the Status of the Global Climate
2013 points out that the global sea
level has been rising at an average
rate of about 3.2mm per year (mm/
yr), double the observed 20th
century trend of 1.6mm/yr.
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