Expert : “global temperature is rising at the rate of 0.2 degree Celsius every year”

ALLAHABAD: Sanjeev Upadhaya arrived in the city on Thursday from Hyderabad. Expecting a chilly weather, Sanjeev’s luggage was stacked with woollen clothes. However, much to his surprise, the Hyderabad native found the weather here quite warm and rued carrying so many woollen clothes.

The sudden rise in temperatures has baffled many. Just a fortnight ago, the north India was reeling under severe cold wave, with temperatures hovering between 0 and three degrees. And now, the day temperature is touching 30 degrees Celsius. This, when January is not yet over.

The unusual rise in the mercury indicates towards a changing global phenomenon — shirking winters and expanding summers.

Climate expert Prof S S Ojha says it’s a global phenomenon which has vast implications. “The global temperature is rising at the rate of 0.2 degree Celsius every year resulting into melting of ice at an average rate of 0.18 meter. If this is not checked, the sea level, within the next 100 years, would rise to 0.59 meter. As a result, many low lying island countries may perish,” says Ojha.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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11 Responses to Expert : “global temperature is rising at the rate of 0.2 degree Celsius every year”

  1. Paul H says:

    Temps rising at 0.2C pa? Good gods – where do these idiots come from? And he calls himself a climate expert.

    Still perhaps I am underestimating him. India has a long tradition of fakirs who took money from gullible punters. Maybe his dad was one.

  2. Paul H says:

    “Just a fortnight ago, the north India was reeling under severe cold wave, with temperatures hovering between 0 and three degrees. ”

    Err? So if the warm spell is evidence of global warming, what was the cold wave due to?

    The irony is that the average Indian could not give a toss about global warming. He just wants to earn a decent wage and feed his family.

  3. latitude says:

    So that’s 2 degrees in ten years…
    …20 degrees in a hundred

    What a nut job, considering temps have flatlined

  4. Jimbo says:

    If this is not checked, the sea level, within the next 100 years, would rise to 0.59 meter. As a result, many low lying island countries may perish,” says Ojha.

    I am tired of this nonsense. How many more times do they need to be told about our beloved coral island atolls which MAY be prone to sea level rise?

    New Scientist – June 2010
    “For years, people have warned that the smallest nations on the planet – island states that barely rise out of the ocean – face being wiped off the map by rising sea levels. Now the first analysis of the data broadly suggests the opposite: most have remained stable over the last 60 years, while some have even grown….During that time, local sea levels have risen by 120 millimetres, or 2 millimetres per year on…

  5. Bruce says:

    I have to disagree with Sanjeev. I’ve seen the temperature rise as much as 55C in less than year in the mild coastal climate I live in.

    Of course it also goes down by 55C in the same year.

    Sometimes more.

    Sometimes less.

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