Environment

November Burns Through Temperature Records

November 2015 was the warmest November on record, and the seventh month in a row to average global temperatures that broke records set during previous years.

Global Warming

Global temperature rises a warning

Global temperatures for 2015 are expected to have risen by 1C for the first time since the industrial revolution started.

Temperatures around the world averaged 1.02C above the 1850-1900 period from January to September this year, the Meteorological Office said.

If the trend continues, it would make this year the first to pass the alarming threshold.

Forecasters said the rising temperatures were caused by an El Nino event, when Pacific waters become so warm they affect the world’s weather, as well as man-made warming.

While future years will not all be 1C above pre-industrial levels, because of natural climate variability, it will eventually become the norm.

Climate Change

An unprecedented heat wave across south-eastern and midwest USA. 3 200 high temperature records have been broken or tied during the last month.

University of Adelaide researchers have found that certain Australian plants are narrowing their leaves in response to changes in climate.