NOAA Report

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• The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in its latest report highlighted that September 2022 was the 5th warmest in the last 143 years.
  • The NOAA is an American scientific and regulatory agency that forecasts weather, monitors oceanic and atmospheric conditions, conducts deep sea exploration, and manages fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the exclusive economic zone of the USA

Key Points of the Report

• The report mentioned that the recorded global average temperature rose by 0.88 degrees Celsius over the 20th-century average.
  • Higher than normal temperatures were recorded over Africa, North America, southern Asia, Atlantic, and northern South America regions.
• Near normal or cooler temperatures were recorded over Europe, northern Asia, most parts of India, and the southeastern Pacific Ocean.
  • This was mainly due to above-average rainfall over northern and southern Asia, Australia, central Europe, Caribbean islands and the southeastern US.
• This summer, the sea-ice extent coverage dropped to the eighth lowest ever.
  • The Arctic sea ice now covers 5.95 lakh square miles below the 1981-2010 average.
  • The Antarctica sea ice is 1.90 lakh square miles below average.
• Sea level rise, ice mass loss in Greenland, Antarctica, and the Arctic and mountain glaciers worldwide have the potential to disrupt and reshape lives.
  • It can reverse development progress and compromise the well-being of current and future generations.
• Human activity, burning of fossil fuels and deforestation, led to Greenhouse gas emissions that are causing global warming.
• The cryosphere (frozen water part of the Earth) Continued to shrink, with Arctic and Antarctica sea ice well below average.

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-climate/this-september-was-5th-warmest-in-143-years-noaa-report-8216989/

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