WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Ski fields are struggling to open and winter electricity consumption is down in New Zealand after the first six months of 2016 proved to be the hottest start to a year that scientists have ever recorded. Temperatures in the South Pacific nation were 1.4 degrees Celsius (2.5 Fahrenheit) above the long-term average for the first half of the year, according to the government-funded National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. That’s the highest since record-keeping began more than a century ago, and significantly higher than the previous record of 1.1 Celsius above average, reached in 1938 and again in 1999. Chris Brandolino, a scientist at the research agency, said Monday that ocean temperatures in the Tasman Sea to the west of New Zealand have been unusually warm this year and that warmer winds from the north have also predominated. “What’s happened in the background is that the Earth has continued to warm as greenhouse gas levels have risen,” he said. The agency reported that carbon dioxide levels recorded at a station near Wellington passed 400 parts per million in June for the first time.
First 6 Months Of 2016 Hottest Ever Recorded In New Zealand
NICK PERRY, Associated Press, The Columbian
Mon, 07/04/2016 - 7:35pm
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