24 minutes agoWorld records the hottest March in history
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(2 years ago)The world experienced its warmest March in history, the European Union's Climate Change Monitoring Service said Tuesday. In fact, each of the last 10 months was ranked the hottest ever, compared to the corresponding months of previous years, it is said in its monthly bulletin. Twelve months that ended [...]
In fact, each of the last 10 months was ranked the hottest ever, compared to the corresponding months of previous years, it is said in its monthly bulletin.
The 12 months that ended with March were also listed as the hottest 12-month period ever recorded on the planet.
From April 2023 to March 2024, the average global temperature was between 1,58 degrees Celsius and above the average temperature of the pre-industrial period, from 1850 to 1900.
The “is long-term trend with extraordinary records that upset us a lot of”, Deputy Director of the EU Climate Change Monitoring Service Samantha Burgess told the news agency Reuters.
Looking at such records month after month we really see our climate changing at a rate of”, she added.
The extreme weather and extreme temperatures slaughtered this year.
The drought driven by climate change in the Amazon tropical forest region caused a record number of fires in Venezuela from January to March, while the drought in South Africa destroyed crops and caused millions to face hunger.
The main cause of extraordinary heat was the emissions of human-made greenhouse gases, the EU Climate Change Monitoring Service said.
Other temperature factors include El Nino weather phenomenon that warms surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean. rel
