The evidence for man-made global warming has become “even stronger” over the past year, according to scientists at the UK Meteorological Office.
In a report published today, ahead of the UN climate change talks that start in Cancún, Mexico, next week, the Met Office marshalled the latest data from nine indicators to show that global temperatures had risen over the past decade. The indicators range from decreasing sea ice and snow cover to increasing atmospheric humidity.
“It is clear from the observational evidence across a wide range of indicators that the world is warming,” said Matt Palmer, a senior scientist at the Met Office, one of the world’s leading climate research centres. “As well as a clear increase in air temperature observed above both land and sea, we see observations which are all consistent with increasing greenhouse gases.”