2014 ranked as the warmest year on Earth – Azteca News

Dallas, EUA.- The 2014 was ranked as the year more Hot in Earth from 1880 when records began to take the temperature of the planet, according to two separate analyzes issued today and developed by scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The NASA stressed that even Most alarming is that the 10 warmest years in 135 years of records, with the exception of 1998 have occurred since 2000. “This trend continues the long-term warming of the planet,” said the space agency said in a statement .

In an independent analysis of the raw data, also released Friday, NOAA scientists agreed to find a 2014 as the warmest on record.

“The warming trend observed long term and Location 2014 as the year warmest recorded reinforces the importance for NASA to study the Earth as a complete system, in particular to understand the role and impact of human activity, “said John Grunsfeld, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington .

To understand climate change, the long-term trend of rising temperatures worldwide is more important than the individual classification of any year, NASA said.

Since 1880, the average surface temperature of Earth has warmed about 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit (0.8 degrees Celsius), a trend that is being driven largely by increased carbon dioxide and other human emissions in the atmosphere of the planet.

Most of this warming has occurred in the last three decades. “This is the latest in a series of warm years, in a series of warm decades,” said Gavin Schmidt, director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies at NASA.

“While the location the rate of individual years may be affected by chaotic weather patterns, long-term trends are attributable to climate change factors that currently are dominated by human greenhouse gas emissions, “said Schmidt.

As temperatures 2014 followed by a warming trend long term warming, scientists hope to see even from year to year fluctuations in global average temperature caused by phenomena such as El Niño or La Niña.

These phenomena temperature Hot or cold in the tropical Pacific I thought to have played a role in the decline of the warming trend long term in the last 15 years, pointed NASA’s statement.

However, heating the brand established by 2014 has occurred for a year neutral El Niño he said.