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New Climate Records Taken in 2012
Washington, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) The year 2012 was considered among the warmest in the last 10 years, and countries as the United States and Argentina said it was the warmest in their history, but it will be also recalled due to other climate phenomena.
According to a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2012 broke records regarding thaw in the Arctic and increase of sea level and emissions of greenhouse gas.
The document says ice in the Arctic sea reached its minimum level in September and June, and in the northern hemisphere, it also decreased to historic minimum levels.
In Greenland, 97 percent of the iced surface showed signs of a thaw during July.
The thermometers rose in the surface of oceans, while sea levels increased and reached their previous record.
Greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossilized fuels increased in the world, and the atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide reached an average of almost 400 parts per million, the study said.
"The levels of carbon and sea levels are increasing, the Arctic ice is melting, and our planet is becoming a warmer place," said NOAA acting Director Kathryn Sullivan.
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