And the Heat Goes On

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has reported that last year the global temperatures were 1.1C above the long-term average, placing 2021 in the top seven warmest years on record (tying with 2018). The heat came with yet another marked increase in weather extremes. The nod for most spectacular and damaging one goes to heat waves. Western Canada experienced maximum temperature anomalies of more than 6 C in some regions and an unheard of 49.6 C in the town of Lytten, which…

Australias Greenhouse Gas Emissions Highest on Record

Australia's greenhouse gas emissions highest on record The Paris Climate Agreement of December 2015, to which Australia is a signatory, has the goal of limiting climate warming this century by 2oC and to pursue efforts to limit the increase to a lower target of 1.5oC. So how are we going? As the spiral of monthly values since 1850 indicates, we went very close to 1.5oC in 2016 (1.36oC to be precise). This was enhanced from the pure climate change signal by the natural…