One leading researcher described the record heat as “gobsmackingly bananas. Unnerving. Bewildering. Flabbergasting. Disquieting. Shocking. Mind-boggling.”
Global temperature heat records have tumbled this year and September was no different, prompting leading climate scientists to describe the increases as “gobsmackingly bananas” and “Unnerving. Bewildering. Flabbergasting. Disquieting. Shocking. Mind-boggling”.
That year, the Great Barrier Reef experienced some of its worst coral bleaching and global temperatures soared during an El Nino event, which makes the weather hotter and drier.Californian climate scientist Zeke Hausfather, who specialises in temperature records, posted on social media that the data was “absolutely gobsmackingly bananas”.
Antarctica’s sea ice coverage also remains at a record low for this time of the year, about 9 per cent below the monthly average. That’s because the sea ice helps reflect the heat from our oceans. Without it, oceans will absorb the heat, leading to increasing temperatures, prompting sea ice melt and leading to rising sea levels.
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