A new report by The American Meteorological Society has said that the last decade was the warmest since the Industrial Revolution, warning that greenhouse gases are playing a key factor. The damning publication, which has been written by 528 experts from 61 countries, also goes on to show that each of the last four decades since the 1980s have been warmer than the last on average and that 2019 was one of the three warmest years since 1850. “The global climate is continuing to change rapidly,” Robert Dunn from the UK’s Met Office told Sky News. “This millennium has been warmer than any comparable period since the Industrial Revolution. “And, of course, the rise in global temperature is linked to another climate indicator: the ongoing rise in emissions of greenhouse gases, notably carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane.” The American Meteorological Society Bulletin also goes on to point out some of the consequences of global warming, with 2020 marking the 32nd consecutive year of ice loss from mountain glaciers. The UK has recently seen a run of six consecutive days with temperatures of 34C or above, for the first time since 1961, while across the planet wildfires across California, Australia, the Amazon, Indonesia and even Siberia have raged. The United Nations were due to meet at a crucial climate summit in Glasgow later this year, a conference which has been postponed due to the pandemic, however the scientists have warned that action cannot be postponed. Prof Simon Lewis, Chair of Global Changes Science, University College London, said: “The new report from the American Meteorological Society is comprehensive and authoritative, written by 528 expert authors from sixty-one countries. This is the thirtieth annual State of the Climate report and the long-term trends are crystal clear. “Climate change is motoring along, fuelled by carbon dioxide emissions, with each decade since 1980 being warmer than the last. Impacts are mounting fast, ranging from deadly heatwaves to out-of-control forest fires. Humanity faces serious peril if we do not stabilize the climate by getting fossil fuel emissions to net zero, fast.”