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Atmospheric CO2
August 2016
402.24
parts per million (ppm)
Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii (Scripps Keeling Curve)
Preliminary data released September 5, 2016
CO2.Earth is live!!
November 13, 2013
CO2.Earth is now live. I am proud that it is one of the very first websites on the internet with a .earth domain. The first .earth site to launch—democracy.earth—happened last week. This week, CO2.Earth is the site that's rolling out, just before .earth domains open for public registration on December 19, 2015.
Also, just in time for the international climate summit in Paris, CO2.Earth takes over global redistribution of CO2 data from CO2Now.org.
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Vancouver Island, Canada
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Global Warming Update
July Global Temperature Change*
Rankings: June 1880 - July 2016
Comparisons with 20th Century Global Average Surface Temperature
Rank |
Year |
Change in
|
Warmest July |
2016 |
+0.87°C +1.57°F |
Coldest July |
1911 |
-0.47°C -0.85°F |
| Data retrieved: Sep. 6, 2016 |
*Surface temperature changes relative to 20th Century global average (1901 - 2000)
Source data NOAA-NCEI State of the Climate: Global Analysis [Web + data download]
NOAA/NCDC: The combined average global surface temperature for July 2016 was the highest for the month of June in the 137-year record at 0.87°C (1.57°F) above the 20th Century average. "July 2016 marks the 40th consecutive July with temperatures at least nominally above the 20th century average. The last time July global land and ocean temperatures were below average was in 1976 (-0.09°C / -0.16°F). Although continuing a record streak, July 2016 was also the lowest monthly temperature departure from average since August 2015."
[NOAA global analysis for July 2016 accessed September 5, 2016].
"The science is sobering—the global temperature in 2012 was among the hottest since records began in 1880. Make no mistake: without concerted action, the very future of our planet is in peril."
~ Christine Lagarde, Managing Director
International Monetary Fund
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NOAA's global analysis for 2015 lists 2015 as the warmest year on record since 1880 at 0.90°C above the 20th Century average. The year 2014 is the second warmest at 0.74°C above the average. The year 2013 was the fourth warmest at 0.66°C above the average. [NOAA global analysis for 2015 accessed January 20, 2016].
"Globally-averaged temperatures in 2015 shattered the previous mark set in 2014 by 0.23 degrees Fahrenheit (0.13 Celsius). Only once before, in 1998, has the new record been greater than the old record by this much."
~ NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies [NASA post of January 20, 2016]
Before the end of 2015, scientists projected that average global temperature increase for 2015 will exceed 1°C above pre-industrial levels. The years 1850-1990 are used as the pre-industrial baseline by the MET Office and Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in the UK. The MET Office released this statement in November 2015:
"This year marks an important first but that doesn't necessarily mean every year from now on will be a degree or more above pre-industrial levels, as natural variability will still play a role in determining the temperature in any given year. As the world continues to warm in the coming decades, however, we will see more and more years passing the 1 degree marker - eventually it will become the norm."
~ Peter Stott
Head of Climate Monitoring and Attribution (MET Office)
