A recent scientific paper published by Nature Climate Change shows that the Earth is heating up at a very rapid pace. The report added that the world will be experiencing an unprecedented global warming rate that has not been recorded for at least 1,000 years.
The report was based on a study done by Nature Climate Change on the temperature change over a period of 40 years. Based on the findings of the study, the first regions to adapt to the ever increasing warmer climate were the Arctic, North American and European regions, according to Scientific American. The study also suggests that countries that will be directly affected by the rapid climate change should start working with their adaptation plan.
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researcher Steven Smith said, "Essentially the world is entering a new regime where what is normal is going to continue to change and it's changing at a rate than natural processes might not be able to keep up with."
Based on historical records, global temperatures only change by about 0.2 degrees Fahrenheit per decade for the last 1,000 years. However, due to rapid industrialization researchers recorded a temperature change of 0.4 degrees Fahrenheit per decade in the last 40 years. Although the figures are still within normal limits, researchers claimed that this shows an alarming trend.
If world temperature would continue at this pace, scientists predicts that by 2020 global warming rate will exceed that rate that has been recorded in the past 1,000 years.
Despite the alarming figures presented by the study, many still do not believe on the impact global warming could present to the Earth, according to Inferese.