WMO PUBLISHED DRAMATIC WARNING: “THIS IS RED ALERT FOR WORLD!”

SARAJEVO, MARCH 20 (ONASA) – Scientists warn that 2024 could be worse because El Nino raises temperatures
Last year, all global climate records were broken, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned, expressing particular concern about ocean warming and sea ice melting.
In its annual report on the State of the Global Climate, WMO pointed out that average temperatures have reached the highest level in 174 years of measurement – 1.45 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, Hina said.
Ocean temperatures were the highest in 65 years of monitoring and more than 90 percent of the sea experienced a heat wave, according to the WMO.
– WMO is announcing a red alert to the world, said WMO Secretary General Celeste Saulo, who took office in January.
– What we experienced in 2023, especially the unprecedented heat of the ocean, the retreat of glaciers and the loss of sea ice in Antarctica, is a reason for special concern.
Climate change, triggered by the burning of fossil fuels, along with the El Nino climate phenomenon, broke records in 2023.
Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro was gripped by extreme temperatures with the heat index reaching an incredible 62.3 degrees Celsius.
The heat index of 62.3 degrees Celsius is the highest recorded in Rio de Janeiro in the last ten years, the meteorological authorities said.
The previous heat index record was set in November 2023, when it reached 59.7 degrees, Anadolija reports.
Scientists warn that 2024 could be worse as El Nino raises temperatures.
The report warned of a large reduction in sea ice in Antarctica. The highest measured level was one million square kilometers less than the previous record, which is roughly the area of Egypt.
That trend, combined with ocean warming that causes water to expand, has contributed to more than double the rate of sea-level rise in the past decade compared to the period from 1993 to 2002, according to the WMO.
The warmth was concentrated in the North Atlantic, where temperatures at the end of 2023 averaged 3 degrees Celsius above average, the report said.
Higher ocean temperatures are affecting sensitive marine ecosystems and many fish species have fled north of that area to colder waters, reports Oslobođenje.