2014 has become a record warm

On the NASA website, it was reported that in 2014 the maximum average temperature of the Earth’s surface was recorded. The study was conducted by the National Aerospace Research Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The study notes that global warming leads to multidirectional climate change on Earth. For example, the cold snowy winters in the central part of the West Coast of the United States were followed by strong heat in the summer in some areas.

The average temperature of the ocean surface was a record, and land - only the fourth for the time of observation. In the Arctic in the last 25 years, the average temperature has decreased, while for Antarctica there is no steady trend. The average temperature of the Earth's surface in 2014 was the maximum for all the time of its measurement since 1880. It is 0.8 degrees Celsius higher than in 1880 and 0.69 degrees Celsius higher than the average over the 20th century.

According to the video on NASA's YouTube channel, this is yet another proof of global warming, which has intensified in recent years. The main reason for what is happening is called an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In 2013, its content in the atmosphere reached a record high.
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Temperature map from 1880 to 2014

Based on the forecasts of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, by 2100 the temperature will rise by four degrees, and the Earth will have more frequent and severe droughts, floods and storms. To remedy the situation, it was proposed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40-70 percent by 2050 compared with 2010, but so far the countries have failed to conclude an agreement on this. For example, China, one of the leaders in industrial production, did not sign a so-called. Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.