WKN Weer, Klimaat en Natuurrampen
Lees alles over het onstuimige weer op onze planeet, volg orkanen en tornado's, zie hoe vulkanen uitbarsten en hoe Moeder Aarde beeft bij een aardbeving. Alles over de verwoestende kracht van onze planeet en tal van andere natuurverschijnselen.
LONDON, England (AP) -- A resurgent El Nino and persistently high levels of greenhouse gases are likely to make 2007 the world's hottest year ever recorded, British climate scientists said Thursday.
Britain's Meteorological Office said there was a 60 percent probability that 2007 would break the record set by 1998, which was 1.20 degrees over the long-term average.
"This new information represents another warning that climate change is happening around the world," the office said.
The reason for the forecast is mostly due to El Nino, a cyclical warming trend now under way in the Pacific Ocean. The event occurs irregularly -- the last one happened in 2002 -- and typically leads to increased temperatures worldwide.
While this year's El Nino is not as strong as it was in 1997 and 1998, its combination with the steady increase of temperatures due to global warming from human activity may be enough to break the Earth's temperature record, said Phil Jones, the director of the Climatic Research unit at the University of East Anglia.
"Because of the warming due to greenhouse gases, even a moderate warming event is enough to push the global temperatures over the top," he said.
"El Nino is an independent variable," he said. "But the underlying trends in the warming of the Earth is almost certainly due to the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere."
El Nino can sometimes lead to milder weather, such as in the in the northeastern United States or the Atlantic Ocean, which is likely to see fewer hurricanes this year. However, it can also increase the severity of weather-related disasters, such as typhoons in the Philippines or drought in southern Africa and Australia, a country that is already suffering through its longest dry spell on record.
Environmental groups said the report added weight to the movement to control greenhouse gases.
"The evidence that we're doing something very dangerous with the climate is now amassing," said Campaign against Climate Change coordinator Philip Thornhill.
"We need to put the energy and priority (into climate change) that is being put into a war effort. It's a political struggle to get action done -- and these reports help," Thornhill said.
Bron: CNN
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Hmm.. hoop het eigenlijk niet... laat ut g ewoon 25 graadjes zijn... gedurende juni t/m september Warm zat
Britain's Meteorological Office said there was a 60 percent probability that 2007 would break the record set by 1998, which was 1.20 degrees over the long-term average.
"This new information represents another warning that climate change is happening around the world," the office said.
The reason for the forecast is mostly due to El Nino, a cyclical warming trend now under way in the Pacific Ocean. The event occurs irregularly -- the last one happened in 2002 -- and typically leads to increased temperatures worldwide.
While this year's El Nino is not as strong as it was in 1997 and 1998, its combination with the steady increase of temperatures due to global warming from human activity may be enough to break the Earth's temperature record, said Phil Jones, the director of the Climatic Research unit at the University of East Anglia.
"Because of the warming due to greenhouse gases, even a moderate warming event is enough to push the global temperatures over the top," he said.
"El Nino is an independent variable," he said. "But the underlying trends in the warming of the Earth is almost certainly due to the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere."
El Nino can sometimes lead to milder weather, such as in the in the northeastern United States or the Atlantic Ocean, which is likely to see fewer hurricanes this year. However, it can also increase the severity of weather-related disasters, such as typhoons in the Philippines or drought in southern Africa and Australia, a country that is already suffering through its longest dry spell on record.
Environmental groups said the report added weight to the movement to control greenhouse gases.
"The evidence that we're doing something very dangerous with the climate is now amassing," said Campaign against Climate Change coordinator Philip Thornhill.
"We need to put the energy and priority (into climate change) that is being put into a war effort. It's a political struggle to get action done -- and these reports help," Thornhill said.
Bron: CNN
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Hmm.. hoop het eigenlijk niet... laat ut g ewoon 25 graadjes zijn... gedurende juni t/m september Warm zat
Warm zat
-- offtopic --
Leuk verdampende coctails en biertjes op terrasje. En die dingen zijn al zo fucking duur.
Leuk verdampende coctails en biertjes op terrasje. En die dingen zijn al zo fucking duur.
Och, twee jaar geleden hebben we zo ongeveer alleen maar regen gehad. Ik wacht het nog wel eventjes af.
"When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story"
quote:Op zaterdag 6 januari 2007 17:08 schreef Athlon_2o0o het volgende:
Ik zou het al heel wat vinden als ze het weer van morgen correct konden voorspellen
Kom maar op.
Never in the entire history of calming down did anyone ever calm down after being told to calm down.
Waar jij woont komt het regelmatig voor dat ze 25 graden en zonnig voorspellen en dat het dan de volgende dag 15 graden is en regent? Heb ik namelijk nog maar zelden meegemaakt....quote:Op zaterdag 6 januari 2007 17:08 schreef Athlon_2o0o het volgende:
Ik zou het al heel wat vinden als ze het weer van morgen correct konden voorspellen
"It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side."
He he eindelijk, hoef ik ook niet meer te verhuizen naar een land met aangenaam klimaat. Op kerst mag het van mij sneeuwen, de rest van jaar positieve temperatuur a.u.b.
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