NASA: 2014 was the warmest in the history of meteorological observations – Australia-news.ru

BBC reports: 2014 was the warmest in the history of meteorological observations in the world. This is according to US scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

In the past year, the global temperature has exceeded the average by 0, 68 degrees Celsius.

American scientists suggest that to the XXI century. are fourteen of the fifteen hottest years ever 134-year history of meteorological observations.

In 2014, record high temperatures were recorded record high temperatures in some parts of Australia and in many European countries. Britain broke its own temperature record from 1910 г.

When the Americans in November 2104 published preliminary data, it has become clear that this year will be a record for the maximum temperatures reached on a planetary scale.

Bob Ward, a member of the British Institute on Climate Change and the Environment said: “The record high temperature is noted in 2014, must encourage all countries to recognize the scale of the danger that creates climate change, and encourage the international community to develop a set of urgent measures needed to combat, including the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. These issues will be devoted to the UN summit in Paris, scheduled for December 2015 г. ».