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208519
Wed, 09/21/2011 - 10:20
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Korea's average winter temperature up 1.3 C over past 3 decades
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- The average winter-day temperature gained 1.3 C over the past three decades on the Korean Peninsula while the summer average inched up 0.2 C, a state-run think tank said Wednesday.
The mean temperature recorded during the winters of 2001 to 2008 was up 1.3 C from the average tallied for the 1973-1980 period, a report by the National Institute of Environmental Research said. The temperature gain for summer days during the same period marks 0.2 C, according to the report.
The think tank's report is based on an analysis of about 1,735 local and overseas climate reports and forecasts, and involves some 100 experts.
The climate report also said the average temperature on the peninsula is likely to rise by 4 C by the end of the 21st century, compared with 100 years earlier due mainly to warming effects of El Nino across the tropical Pacific Ocean.
The average amount of rainfall is estimated to jump by 17 percent during the cited period, it said. The average annual rainfall reached 1,485.7 millimeters during 1996-2005, up 10 percent from that recorded in the 1971-2000 period, the report also noted.
The mean sea level around the peninsula is increasing by 3.4 mm every year and every sea-level rise of 1 meter may deluge as much as 2,643 square kilometers, or 1.2 percent, of the peninsula's total land, the report showed.
The warming climate generally could extend the number of sunny days more fit for tending to crops, but it could also lead to reduced production of rice, the report noted.
The mean temperature recorded during the winters of 2001 to 2008 was up 1.3 C from the average tallied for the 1973-1980 period, a report by the National Institute of Environmental Research said. The temperature gain for summer days during the same period marks 0.2 C, according to the report.
The think tank's report is based on an analysis of about 1,735 local and overseas climate reports and forecasts, and involves some 100 experts.
The climate report also said the average temperature on the peninsula is likely to rise by 4 C by the end of the 21st century, compared with 100 years earlier due mainly to warming effects of El Nino across the tropical Pacific Ocean.
The average amount of rainfall is estimated to jump by 17 percent during the cited period, it said. The average annual rainfall reached 1,485.7 millimeters during 1996-2005, up 10 percent from that recorded in the 1971-2000 period, the report also noted.
The mean sea level around the peninsula is increasing by 3.4 mm every year and every sea-level rise of 1 meter may deluge as much as 2,643 square kilometers, or 1.2 percent, of the peninsula's total land, the report showed.
The warming climate generally could extend the number of sunny days more fit for tending to crops, but it could also lead to reduced production of rice, the report noted.
