2009 will be the record hot year

British weather researchers say 2009 will be one of the five hottest years in history, with global temperatures above the long-term average of 0.4 degrees Celsius.

The man is walking on the Manly coast in Sydney, Australia at sunrise.Photo: Reuters.

The warming of the climate still occurs, despite the large areas of the Pacific Ocean continuing to cool due to the effect of La Nina phenomenon. British scientists at the Met Office Hadley Center predict that 2009 will be the hottest since 2005 and temperatures are likely to increase in later years.

The current hottest record is still 1998 with an average temperature of 14.52 degrees Celsius, well above the average level of 14 degrees Celsius between 1961-1990 (often taken as a long-term weather benchmark). The special climate of 1998 was due to the strong influence of the El Nino phenomenon, with an unusually high level of heat on the eastern Pacific sea surface.

There are many different views on the mechanism that causes El Nino and La Nina phenomena, but scientists agree that they are playing an increasingly important role for global weather patterns. The power of trade winds that blow from the east to the west through the Pacific equator is also considered an important factor for this model.

Met Office Hadley Center Professor Chris Folland added: "A record increase in heat levels can occur as soon as El Nino has a moderate development. Phenomena such as El Nino and La Nina have a strong influence. to global surface temperatures ".

Professor Phil Jones, director of the Center for Climate Research at the University of East Anglia (UK), said global warming will not end, even though 2009 is the same as the year 2008 did not surpass the record. hot sunshine 1998. He emphasized that the average temperature in the period 2001-2007 was 14.44 degrees Celsius, 0.21 degrees Celsius hotter than the period 1991-2000.