2010s Environmental Timeline
Category: Outro
Atualizado: 30 dez 2019
Based on data by Jerome Glenn in his Year in Review
series. Specific dates in a given year are not exact.
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Created byVictor V. Motti
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Atmospheric CO2 reached 411 ppm in May 2019 (in May 1958 in was 317.5)Global Warming declared emergency by 11,000 scientists in BioScienceGreta Thunberg of Sweden triggers increased attention to global warmingLarge areas of the Amazon rain forests burn out of controlA 315-billion tonne iceberg broke off AntarcticaVenice flooding emergencyUS Government reports global warming forecasts are more serious than before4th hottest year on record; 20 of earth’s hottest years occurred in last 22 yearsCO2 ppm reached 411.24 in May 2018; May 1998 it was 369.42Extreme weather caused 4th highest number of insured losses2017 likely be the hottest year on record in the absence of the El Niño; July 2017 had tied July and August 2016 as the hottest month on recordSwissRe estimated global warming assisted natural disasters during 2017 cost insurance industry about US$100 billion (Caribbean hurricanes cost $290 billion)Paris Agreement on Climate Change entered into forceHottest year on record (again) and highest CO2 ppm in recorded historyUN Climate Change Agreement in ParisHottest year on recordPope’s Encyclical Letter on global warmingEnvironmental movement is back: Keystone XL Pipeline & Climate AgreementCarteret Islands environmental (sea-level) refugees (Papua New Guinea)US-China joint cooperation on reducing greenhouse gases2014 expected to be the hottest year in recorded historyCO2 emissions estimated to be 2.3% more than in 2013Over half of all animals gone in less than 50 years (Living Planet Index)CO2 passes 400 parts per million in the atmosphere; 2013 7th hottest year recordedTyphoon Haiyan hit the Philippines with the most powerful tropical storm to make landfall on record with gusts reaching 235 mph.Shanghai and California initiate cap and trade systemsLikely 2012 will be the hottest year in US recorded historyClimate continues to change: USA is 60% in drought, super hurricane Sandy, heavy flooding in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Singapore, UKUnprecedented volume of Methane found bubbling up from shallow Arctic sea floor2010 was the warmest year the earth has yet recordedBP Gulf Oil catastropheAirports across Europe closed for a week by Volcano ash (Eyjafjallajökull) causing chaos for millions.Polar Ice continues to melt faster than forecasted, while few results in Copenhagen and Cancun.
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