Upper Ocean Temperatures Set a New High Record in 2020

CLIMATE CRISIS 

Climate and Capitalism | January 14, 2021

Heat content change in the upper 2000 meters of the global ocean. (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, January 2021)

Even with the Covid-19-related small dip in global carbon emissions due to limited travel and other activities, the ocean temperatures continued a trend of breaking records in 2020. A new study by 20 scientists from 13 institutes around the world, reported the highest ocean temperatures since 1955 from surface level to a depth of 2,000 meters.

Current climate commitments would increase global temperature around 3° C

Courtesy: Science Daily | 27 October, 2015

A JRC assessment shows that current climate commitments submitted by 155 countries for COP21 would increase global temperature around 3ºC. Credit: EU, 2015

A European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) assessment shows that current climate commitments submitted by 155 countries for COP21 would increase global temperature around 3º C.