2015 was the hottest year since records, but 2016 begins with a desire to beat him. January 2016 was officially the warmest month in history, surpassing by 1.13º C the average temperature. And last February, in the absence of definitive data from NASA and NOAA, exactly the same is expected.
The intense El Niño season has favored the hottest winter in countries such as the United States, but its influence on global temperatures is believed to be small at around 0.1 degrees Celsius. Climate change, on the other hand, fits perfectly with other patterns we have a lot to do with, such as carbon dioxide emissions.
That we publish over and over and over and over and over again that the Earth has never been so hot is not the only consequence of this unequivocal global warming. The northern hemisphere is already flirting with a rise in temperatures near 2 ° C compared to the preindustrial period, a point that experts consider devastating and that the Paris Summit described as the red line that we should not cross.
From a global point of view we are halfway to the 2 degrees. It is estimated that the average increase will be 1.2 ° C in 2016. We are not prepared for such a significant increase in temperatures. Climate change is already causing and will continue to cause a rise in water levels, an increase in tropical pests and diseases such as zika, food shortages due to crop loss, destructive ecosystem changes and more intense storms. [NOAA, Slate]