August 10, 2017

The National Centers for Environmental Information of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released an international report detailing the following dismaying facts:

1. Greenhouse gases highest on record.
2. Global surface temperature highest on record.
3. Global lower tropospheric (the troposphere is the area just above the Earth’s surface) temperature highest on record.
4. Sea surface temperatures highest on record.
5. Global upper ocean heat content near-record high.
6. Global sea level highest on record.
7. Extremes in the water cycle and precipitation.
8. The arctic continued to warm, sea ice extent remained low.
9. Antarctic sees record low sea ice extent.
10. Global ice and snow cover decline.
11. Tropical cyclones were well above average overall.