April 2017 was second warmest since 1880: NASA
The global temperatures risen significantly in the last 3-4 decades due to rapid industrialisation and emission of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Going by the mean temperatures of April across the globe for the last 137 years, April,2017, was second warmest, said NASA.
According to NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, April 2016 was the hottest on record, at 1.06 degrees Celsius warmer than the April mean temperature.
This
year's
April
was
0.88
degrees
Celsius
warmer
than
the
mean
April
temperature
from
1951-1980.
The
third
warmest
April
was
in
2010,
which
was
0.87
degrees
warmer
than
the
mean.
The global temperatures risen significantly in the last 3-4 decades due to rapid industrialisation and emission of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
This rise has also had an impact on polar ice caps. Some studies suggest that the ice mass in Artic have begun to melt at more rapid rate than before giving rise to fears of rise in sea levels.
(OneIndia News with agency inputs)