The year 2020 is the third hottest in the last two and a half years: 1.2 degree rise in temperature

152 billion tons of ice melted in one year: South America suffered from drought

(PTI) United Nations, Ta. Wednesday, December 2, 2020

The United Nations meteorological organization World Meteorological Organization today released the 'State of Global Climate 2020' report on global warming. According to the report, 2020 is the third warmest year since 1850. This year has seen temperatures 1.2 degrees above average.

This statistically small change can make a huge difference to the Earth's climate. This increase in temperature is due to increasing hurricanes, rains, forest fires, heat waves, melting of ice, etc. In 2015, the Environment Treaty was announced in Paris. The report was presented at a meeting held on the occasion of its five-year anniversary.

According to the report, the effect of heatwave is increasing not only on land but also on sea level, disrupting the entire weather cycle. In one year from September 2019 to August 2020, 152 billion tons of ice from the polar regions melted. The Atlantic Ocean, on the other hand, has produced 30 hurricanes so far this year.

This figure is the largest ever. Countries of the South American continent like Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay etc. have suffered from severe drought. The agricultural sector in these countries has lost an estimated 3 billion. Earth's temperature this time was 1.2 degrees higher than the average temperature from 1850 to 1900.

2016 was the hottest year before this. Due to climate change, India received the highest rainfall since 1994 this year. Even after the monsoon season, rains were recorded in many parts of the country.

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