From: EcoWatch
by Union of Concerned Scientists
by Astrid Caldas
There is just so much to digest in the latest
release of monthly global temperature data by the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), I thought I needed to say something. I just
don't know where to start, so bear with me, please, as this news of
temperature records being broken (yet again) is profoundly sobering and
worth understanding in detail. It is all hard to grasp and chew on, so I
will try to go bit by bit here …
1. It Is Not Just the Numbers
June 2016 was 0.90 C (1.62 F) above the global 20th century average according to NOAA—not
a huge amount compared to the previous months in 2016, which were all a
record also. But it still beat the previous June record, set in 2015,
which is to say yeah, temperatures are still rising. No surprise here.
NOAA
But look at the Arctic—it
was hit hard. The darkest reds are up there. And what is in the Arctic,
among other things? Arctic sea ice and Arctic vegetation. We will get
to that further down. The Arctic is also extremely important for the
Earth's climate and weather patterns, sea level rise and other things: what happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic, as is well explained in this blog. MORE
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