This summer is the hottest on Earth since 1880 – NASA

Scientists from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York described this summer as the hottest summer on record since 1880. It was the summer of 2023 that led to climate change on the planet. NASA press service writes about this.

It was noted that abnormal weather conditions intensified forest fires in Canada and Hawaii, caused heat waves in South America, Japan, Europe and the USA, and caused heavy rains in Central Europe, Greece and Italy. It also turned out that summer months were only 1.2 °C warmer than the average summer temperature between 1951 and 1980.

Record temperatures continue the global warming trend. According to the results of scientific observation and analysis, it is primarily caused by greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. The natural phenomenon of El Niño in the Pacific Ocean also adds warmth to the global atmosphere.

“Amidst the background warming and marine heatwaves that have been dogging us for decades, El Niño has forced us to break all kinds of records. The heatwaves we’re experiencing now are longer, hotter, and more intense. The atmosphere can now withstand NASA’s mission to Southern California.” “When the weather is hot and humid, it becomes more difficult for the human body to regulate its temperature,” said Josh Willis, a climate scientist and oceanographer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Climate scientists are sounding the alarm that the effects of climate change pose a threat to our planet and future generations.

“The record temperatures of summer 2023 aren’t just numbers. They have dire, real-world consequences. From sweltering temperatures in Arizona and across the country to wildfires across Canada and extreme flooding in Europe and Asia, extreme weather is threatening lives and NASA Administrator “Livelihoods. existence around the world. The effects of climate change are a threat to our planet and future generations, a threat that NASA and the Biden-Harris Administration are tackling head-on,” said Bill Nelson.

The proposed map, prepared by NASA researchers, shows global temperature anomalies for three summer months this year. They show how hot or cold different parts of the world were compared to the average from 1951 to 1980.

“Unfortunately, climate change is happening. What we say will happen is happening. If we continue to pump carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into our atmosphere, it will get worse,” said climate scientist and GISS director Gavin Schmidt.

About NASA climate research

NASA compiles temperature data, known as GISTEMP, from surface air temperature data from tens of thousands of weather stations, as well as sea surface temperature data from instruments on ships and buoys. This raw data is analyzed using methods that take into account varying distances between temperature stations around the world and the effects of urban environments that can skew calculations.

The entire NASA temperature dataset and the entire methodology used to calculate temperature and its uncertainties are available online.

GISS is a NASA laboratory managed by the Earth Sciences Division at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Chronicle of the heat of August 2023

• On August 20, wildfires in Canada’s western province of British Columbia intensified and 35,000 people were forced to evacuate.
• On August 25, European Crisis Response Commissioner Janez Lenarcic said that the fires in the Greek city of Alexandroupoli were the largest fires in the history of the European Union.
• On August 28, new historical air temperature records were recorded in many regions of Ukraine.

let’s remind this Focus He wrote that the summer of 2023 is the hottest summer on record in the Northern Hemisphere.