128
submitted 7 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

March was the 10th month in a row to be the hottest on record for the time of year, as global climate records continue to topple, scientists said.

The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) shows March 2024 was hotter globally than any other previous record for the month, with temperatures 1.68C warmer than the estimate for pre-industrial times.

It is the 10th month in the row to break records for the respective month of the year, the Copernicus analysis found.

The global average temperature for the last 12 months is also the highest on record, at 1.58C above the pre-industrial average from 1850-1900, pushing the world – temporarily at least- above the 1.5C threshold to which countries have agreed to limit global warming to avoid its most dangerous impacts.

Sea surface temperatures outside the polar regions were at record highs in March, averaging 21.07C for the month, marginally above the 21.06C recorded for February.

top 6 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The global average temperature for the last 12 months is also the highest on record, at 1.58C above the pre-industrial average

It took 5 years of negotiations, from 2011 till 2016, to finalize and ratify the Paris agreement with its 1.5°C target.
Just 7.5 years later we're already past it.

[-] WhatsThePoint@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

But Koch industries doesn’t want to have lower profits so…….

[-] Swarfega@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago

Not to mention the rain we've seen. One of the wettest winters on record. Absolutely abysmal.

[-] youngalfred@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

Very wet here too in Queensland Australia - seems like our summer was marked with rain and regularly toppling daily minimum (and some maximum) temp records.

[-] Swarfega@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

It's been quite a mild winter in the UK. Normally we have a lot of frosty and freezing temperatures but we only had about 3 days where I am. Other than that it's been above 5°C and raining. The ground is saturated to fuck. Makes walking the dog a very messy job!

That said we had a pretty poor summer last year. It never really got that warm. I'm hoping the shit winter means in return we are given a nice summer. I have my doubts though.

[-] tlf@feddit.de 5 points 7 months ago

Those are rookie numbers, if we continue like they gonna get so much higher

this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2024
128 points (99.2% liked)

World News

39034 readers
1559 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS