Bhubaneswar: Are we facing the harmful effects of global warming or is it something else? Winter in Odisha seems to be missing. The night time temperature is higher than normal all over the state said reports.
The costal areas of Odisha seem to be getting hotter with each passing day. The nights in the coasts are getting warmer with each passing day. Night time temperatures are three to five degrees above normal, said the MeT Department.
There is still no significant change in night temperatures in November whereas it should be cold right since Durga Puja that was in October. The MeT Department has further predicted that this month will not be particularly cold and winter in Odisha still seems to be far away.
In the year 2024 India is facing extreme climatic conditions. In the last nine months, 274 days out of 255 days have been hot and as many as three thousand two hundred and thirty eight (3238) people have died.
This has been stated in the report of the Center for Science and Environment. What used to happen once every century is now happening once every five years. In the last 123 years, the second highest minimum temperature has been recorded in February this year. The month of May recorded the fourth highest average temperature. Since 1901, the highest minimum temperature has been recorded in July, August and September.
Further it is worth mentioning that, the year 2024 is ‘virtually seen’ as the warmest year on record, with the global average near surface temperature even higher than 2023, informed the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
It is the first time the world is going to fail the Paris agreement of reducing global temperature by 1.5 degrees Celsius every year after it was signed in 2015. The year 2024 will most likely be the warmest year and exceed this temperature mark set by the global leaders with just two months left. As of now, 2023 was the warmest year on record with the global average near-surface temperature at 1.45 degree Celsius above the pre-industrial mark.
The WMO reveal is based on climatological data from six international datasets of United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, the United Kingdom’s Met Office Hadley Centre and the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit and the Berkeley Earth group which have collected data from ships and buoys in global marine networks.
The detailed report will be provided in the WMO’s State of the Climate 2024 Update to be released on November 11, 2024 at the COP 29 (Conference of Parties) at Baku, Azerbaijan which also marks the Earth Information Day.
