Monday, August 17, 2015

‘Godzilla El Niño’ Plus Carbon Pollution Equals Global Warming Speed-Up - by Joe Romm

Godzilla (Credit: Wikipedia) Click to enlarge.
NASA oceanographer Bill Patzert called the intensifying El Niño, “Godzilla.” ...

Whatever you call it, the short-term burst of regional warming in the tropical Pacific (from the monster El Niño) combined with the strong underlying long-term global warming trend means that 2015 will easily be the hottest year on record — blowing past the record just set in 2014.  And if the global temperature pattern repeats that of the last super El Niño (1997-1998), then 2016 could well top 2015 record.

Read more at ‘Godzilla El Niño’ Plus Carbon Pollution Equals Global Warming Speed-Up

No comments:

Post a Comment