Wednesday, July 21, 2004
It really is getting warmer, folks
NIWA, the Crown Research Institute responsible for studying New Zealand's climate has plotted air temperatures back to 1853. The 150 years of source material appear to support claims our climate has been warming up. There has been a very consistent rise over this time. NIWA observes the biggest changes have been in winter temperatures, which have risen from –0.74 degrees below the long-term average to +0.84. That's a change of more than 1.5 °C, which in climate terms is very significant.
(Reported by Molesworth and Featherston - if you visit their page, you can see a very convincing graph of the change.)
NIWA, the Crown Research Institute responsible for studying New Zealand's climate has plotted air temperatures back to 1853. The 150 years of source material appear to support claims our climate has been warming up. There has been a very consistent rise over this time. NIWA observes the biggest changes have been in winter temperatures, which have risen from –0.74 degrees below the long-term average to +0.84. That's a change of more than 1.5 °C, which in climate terms is very significant.
(Reported by Molesworth and Featherston - if you visit their page, you can see a very convincing graph of the change.)
