Mean temperatures, sea levels and carbon emissions at record high
Business Standard|May 20, 2022
CLIMATE ALERT: Probability of mean temperatures crossing 1.5 degrees in five years has increased to 50 per cent: World Meteorological Organisation report
ISHAAN GERA
Mean temperatures, sea levels and carbon emissions at record high

On Wednesday, the State of the Global Climate report 2021, released by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), highlighted that the global mean temperature last year was 1.1 degrees higher than the 1850-1900 levels. The researchers arrived at this estimate using the methodology of the report by the International Panel for Climate Change (IPCC).

Though lower than 2016, when temperatures had hit their highest levels due to El Nino conditions, the five-year average mean temperatures were still at their highest.

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