{"id":691,"date":"2016-06-19T18:19:45","date_gmt":"2016-06-19T17:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/?p=691"},"modified":"2021-01-21T15:49:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T15:49:57","slug":"shattered-records-show-climate-change-is-an-emergency-today-scientists-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/?p=691","title":{"rendered":"Shattered records show climate change is an emergency today, scientists warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May was the 13th month in a row to break temperature records according to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/derbyclimate.us5.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=73ace8236259de3e09600c686&amp;id=e5206728d7&amp;e=2ff366554a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">figures published this week<\/a>\u00a0that are the latest in 2016\u2019s string of incredible climate records which scientists have described as a bombshell and an emergency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-692\" src=\"http:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5400.jpg\" alt=\"5400\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5400.jpg 620w, https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/5400-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The series of smashed global records, particularly the extraordinary heat in February and March, has provoked a stunned reaction from climate scientists, who are warning that climate change has reached unprecedented levels and is no longer only a threat for the future.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the soaring temperatures, other records have tumbled around the world, from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/derbyclimate.us5.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=73ace8236259de3e09600c686&amp;id=cefdb71881&amp;e=2ff366554a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vanishing Arctic sea ice<\/a>\u00a0to a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/derbyclimate.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=73ace8236259de3e09600c686&amp;id=2d09f30595&amp;e=2ff366554a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">searing drought in India<\/a>\u00a0and the<a href=\"http:\/\/derbyclimate.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=73ace8236259de3e09600c686&amp;id=005eb4ea46&amp;e=2ff366554a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vast bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef<\/a>. The UK has experienced record flooding that has devastated communities across the country and scientists predict that the flash floods seen by parts of the country in recent days will increase in future.<\/p>\n<p>Read more from yesterday&#8217;s Guardian: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/derbyclimate.us5.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=73ace8236259de3e09600c686&amp;id=45eaee1616&amp;e=2ff366554a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2016\/jun\/17\/shattered-records-climate-change-emergency-today-scientists-warn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May was the 13th month in a row to break temperature records according to\u00a0figures published this week\u00a0that are the latest in 2016\u2019s string of incredible climate records which scientists have described as a bombshell and an emergency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[82,3],"tags":[74],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=691"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":900,"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions\/900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derbyclimate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}