Weather extremes in 2018 included wildfires in California and Greece, drought in South Africa and floods in Kerala, India. Record levels of man-made greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from burning fossil fuels, trap ever more heat. Against the global trend, parts of the United States suffered bone-chilling cold from a blast of Arctic air last week. The United Nations defines the 1.5C Paris temperature target as a 30-year average, not a freak blip in a single year. The United Nations says the world is now on track for a temperature rise of 3C or more by 2100.

Source: bd News24 February 06, 2019 15:56 UTC