Tokyo: With each passing day, the effects of global warming are unfolding with unprecedented severity. Last month another dubious distinction was registered as far as global warming is concerned.
According to recently released data, March 2016 was the warmest March since at least 1891, making it the planet’s 11th consecutive month to set a global temperature milestone, mashable.com reported.
The data, from the Japan Meteorological Agency, as well as a separate analysis using computer model data, means that if April also sets a monthly record, the Earth will have had an astonishing 12 month string of record-shattering months, the report added.
Other agencies will soon weigh in with their own analysis of the month’s temperatures, including NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the UK Met Office, and their figures may differ slightly in ranking the month compared to the historical record.
The cause of the record warmth, scientists say, is a combination of a record strong El Niño event in the tropical Pacific Ocean and the increasingly apparent effects of long-term human-caused global warming, the report added.
