4 shocking findings on climate change

Humans are almost the main culprits that cause global warming and its consequences can be worse than what we imagined - according to a leaked draft of the latest climate report from the Union. National.

>>>Humans push the Earth's climate to the brink of danger

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is expected to release the first part of the report next month. This will be the 5th climate report of this organization. Although the report has not been finalized yet, details from the leaked manuscripts show that it will give harsh warnings about the threats posed by climate change. Here are 4 important findings.

People are responsible for up to 95%

The biggest highlight of the report is that scientists are more convinced than ever that it is people who cause climate change. According to the report, not only is this a real phenomenon, but 95% is sure that human activity is promoting climate change.

Compared to the previous six years, the certainty has increased by 5% when the most recent IPCC report says that 90% are sure that people are causing global warming. This is an increase compared to what scientists predicted in 2001 (66%) and 1995 (50%).

The biggest culprit: Burning fossil fuels - the activity that the report said caused global temperatures to rise significantly since 1950.

Melting ice could make sea level rise about 0.9 meters in the next century.(Photo:theatlanticwire.com)

Sea level may rise by about 0.9 meters by 2100

In warning of one of the most worrisome effects of global warming, the report said sea levels could rise by more than 0.9 meters this century. The rising temperature has melted snow and ice, increasing the average global sea level, changing some extremes of the weather 'and this is a much worse problem than we have ever been before. think.

Six years ago, the final report predicted that the sea level would rise, the worst, about 58.42cm, or less than 0.6m.

The increase in temperature has slowed since 1998

Although greenhouse gas emissions continue to break previous records, the IPCC report confirms an unusual trend: The pace of temperature rise worldwide is actually slowing. While temperatures continue to increase, but increase at a slower rate since around 1998 - the report said.

The reason behind this speed reduction is still unclear. The report offers several possibilities for 'average reliability' , such as the increase in volcanic ash in the atmosphere, the changing cycle of the sun and a hypothesis that the ocean is absorbing. more energy than before.

In July, British scientists said they had determined that the ocean was absorbing more heat while absorbing the warmth slowly down to the deeper water below. New melting Arctic ice sheets can also increase overall water, thereby creating more liquid to absorb the heat that otherwise would have a direct impact on air temperature.

No matter what, the climate is still hot

Even if the world finds some way to immediately prevent greenhouse gas emissions, the report says that warming continues in 'many centuries'. That's because about 20% of carbon dioxide is already in the atmosphere and will exist here in the next millennium.

As a result, according to the report, a 'large proportion' of climate change will be 'irreversible if measured by human time'.

Strictly speaking, the report adds, there is a 'very high risk' that global temperatures will rise by more than 2 or 3 degrees Celsius this century. Previously, scientists had led to a 2-degree figure that could be considered an important threshold that, if exceeded, the ecosystem could be broken and our planet would have a terrible destruction. terrible, can't change.