European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service has revealed that March 2024 was the hottest month on record extending a 10-month streak of temperature records following the world’s hottest year and as critical climate tipping points approach.
This was made known in the agency’s monthly bulletin released on Tuesday, adding that a global temperatures in March averaged 14.14 degrees Celsius, 57.5 degrees Fahrenheit
The climate agency noted that with global temperatures 1.68C above the average between 1991 and 2020 and a tenth of a degree (0.10C) warmer than the previous record in 2016.
The scientists in the report explained that It is the tenth straight month to break the agency’s monthly temperature records, which are based on “billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations around the world.”
Copernicus disclosed that those months are part of the hottest 12-month period ever recorded with average temperatures from April 2023 to March 2024 0.70C above the 1991-2020 average.
Copernicus deputy director Samantha Burgess noted that 2024 March “continues the sequence of climate records toppling for both air temperature and ocean surface temperatures,” adding that “stopping further warming requires rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.’’
Speaking with Reuters, Burgess said it is “the long-term trend with exceptional records that has us very concerned,” adding that “month in, month out – (it) really shows us that our climate is… changing rapidly.”
