July 2015 Warmest Since 1880
The analyses by NASA & Japan Meteorological Agency conducted in July 2015 showed that it was the warmest month up until now. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) agrees to the findings.
Among the records of past 1,627 months, July was the warmest. Large portions of lands on Earth were warmer than the average. But bigger contributors to the temperature were the oceans.
Nasa tweeted an animation which showed large ice loss in the Jakobshavn Glacier of Greenland. A large portion of the glacier melted in just 16 days. This glacier could add more to sea level in the Northern Hemisphere than any other factors.
The animation shows images 16 days apart from Landsat 8 satellite. One image shows the glacier’s front on 31st July and other on 16th August. A very large portion of ice melts into water.
Another thing of significance is that the first six months of 2015 were the warmest first half till date.
Ken Mok