The last seven years have been the warmest in history, according to a new report by the European Climate Agency Copernicus. According to a preliminary analysis, 2021 was 1.2 degrees warmer on average worldwide than in the pre-industrial period.
The report found that the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached a new high of 414 per million particles, and that methane greenhouse gas levels also jumped significantly and reached undocumented levels. Three than ten years ago.Data recorded before the Industrial Revolution indicate an amount of 280 particles per million.
The concentration of carbon methane in the atmosphere especially affects the heat levels due to its chemical composition, and therefore its high levels accelerate global warming.
These difficult data are consistent with the extreme climate events of the past year, and many experts estimate that these are only going to get worse.
According to the Guardian, data from the Copernicus agency show that 21 of the 22 hottest years were from 2000.
The year 2021 was undoubtedly the number of unprecedented climate disasters to hit the entire world - floods in Europe, severe fires in the US and also in Greece and Turkey, heat waves, extreme weather conditions and phenomena we have never encountered.
Floods in Europe in summer 2021, Photo: AP
"The extreme climatic events we experienced in 2021 are an absolute reminder that we need to change our ways, and take decisive and effective steps," agency director Copernicus Carlo in Wentempo told the Guardian.
Professor Rowan Stotten of the University of Reading told the Guardian: "At the global level, global warming can be seen as gradual but its impact on extreme climatic events around the world is dramatic. Of politicians and the public alike, who need to wake up to the enormous implications of climate change. "
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