Next Two Years Warmest To Date!

A research from the UK’s Met Office suggests that the next two years could be the hottest on record globally.

16:37 14 September 2015

A research from the UK’s Met Office has warned that big changes could be underway in the climate system with greenhouse gases increasing the impact of natural trends. It also predicted that the next two years could be the hottest on record globally while showing that a major El Nino event is expected to heat the world overall.

 

Met Office Hadley Centre director Prof Stephen Belcher said: "We know natural patterns contribute to global temperatures in any given year, but the very warm temperatures so far this year indicate the continued impact of (manmade) greenhouse gases.

"With the potential that next year could be similarly warm, it's clear that our climate continues to change."

 

An external reviewer, Prof Rowan Sutton, from the University of Reading, confirmed: "Unless there's a big volcanic eruption, it looks very likely that globally 2014, 2015 and 2016 will be among the very warmest years ever recorded.

 

"This isn't a fluke. We are seeing the effects of energy steadily accumulating in the Earth's oceans and atmosphere, caused by greenhouse gases."