China News Service, January 8th. According to the "Central News Agency" report, the European Union's climate monitoring agency Copernicus Climate Change Service stated on January 8 that 2020 and 2016 are both the hottest years on record, making the planet continue to change rapidly. warm.
According to reports, the Copernicus Climate Change Service stated that the six years since 2015 were the hottest six years on record, indicating a continuing and deepening trend.
Data map: On August 15, 2020, citizens of San Francisco, USA, enjoy the coolness at Baker Beach near the Golden Gate Bridge.
On the same day, the continuous high temperature weather in California entered the second day, and some areas broke the record for the highest temperature in many years.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the British Meteorological Agency stated that the record temperature in 2020 was 1.25 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial level; what is more worrying is that there was no periodic El Niño phenomenon at the same time, and this This phenomenon has increased the average temperature in 2016 by 0.2 degrees Celsius.
The El Niño phenomenon occurs once every 2 to 7 years. At this time, the warm water temperature on the tropical Pacific Ocean will increase the global temperature; as for the La Niña phenomenon, it will have the opposite cooling effect.
Carlo Buontempo, head of Copernicus’ climate change service, said: “2020 will be a special year due to abnormally high temperatures. This reminds everyone once again that in order to avoid adverse climate shocks in the future, drastic reductions in emissions are imminent. ."