2023-07-21 09:47:19
The United States space agency (NASA) warned this Thursday that the heat wave that is being registered in different countries of the world “it’s no surprise” and that it will continue unless you cease sending greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
“For the last four decades there has been an increase in temperatures every decade. This past June was the warmest June on record and we anticipate that July will probably be the hottest July ever,” NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies director said at a news conference. Gavin Schmidt.
This past June was the warmest June on record and we anticipate that July will likely be the hottest July ever.
Gavin Schmidt, director del Instituto Goddard
According to the expert, controlling the situation is in our hands: “We think it will continue because we continue to release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and until we stop doing so, temperatures will continue to rise.
The El Niño meteorological phenomenon, in his opinion, does not justify by itself the current wave. “We are seeing a general heat practically everywhere, especially in the oceans, where for months we have seen record sea surface temperatureseven outside of the tropics, and we anticipate that it will continue,” Schmidt said.
The director of the Goddard Institute advanced that the current trend increases the possibilities that in the coming years records continue to be broken. “My calculations indicate that there is a 50% chance that 2023 will be hottest year to date. Others suggest that there is more of an 80% probability. And we think 2024 will be even warmer.”
The head of the Ocean Ecology Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Carlos CastilloHe added that heat waves also extend to the oceans. “The problems with ocean temperatures do not stay in the ocean: they affect everywhere. Increases in ocean temperatures cause more extreme weather events and torrential rains in the coastal areas,” he said.
The problems with the temperatures of the oceans do not stay in the ocean: they affect everywhere
Carlos Del Castillo, NASA expert
NASA convened the press to take stock of recent extreme weather events and discuss how the agency’s research and data enable climate solutions and allow predictions to be made thanks to artificial intelligence and machine learning.
“NASA is thought to be a space agency or an aeronautical research agency, but it is also a climate agency. We have 25 satellites up there that provide information in real time,” said the director of that organization, Bill Nelson.
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