'The human fingerprint is everywhere': Met Office's alarming warning on climate
by Jonathan Watts from Environment | The Guardian on (#53Z23)
Exclusively compiled data from the Hadley Centre's supercomputer shows alarming climate trajectory
The human fingerprint on the climate is now unmistakable and will become increasingly evident over the coming decades, the UK Met Office has confirmed after 30 years of pioneering study.
Since the 1990s, global temperatures have warmed by half a degree, Arctic sea ice has shrunk by almost 2 million km2, sea-levels have risen by about 10cm and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased by 60 parts per million (17%), according to figures exclusively compiled for the Guardian to mark the 30th anniversary of the Met Office's Hadley Centre for climate science and services.
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