The average temperature in March is 14.14 degrees
“1.58 degrees higher than before industrialization”
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As the Earth heats up due to global warming, the Earth’s surface temperature broke an all-time record in March.
According to ‘5th Generation International Climate and Atmospheric Redanalysis’ (ERA5) data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) of the European Union (EU) on the 9th (local time), the average temperature in March was 14.14 degrees, the previous highest temperature in 2016. It was 0.1 degrees higher than in March 2018.
It is 1.68 degrees higher than the average estimate for March during the pre-industrial period (1850-1900).
As a result, the Earth’s average temperature broke its record high for 10 consecutive months.
The global average temperature over the last 12 months (April 2023 to March 2024) also reached a record high, 0.7 degrees above the average between 1991 and 2020 and 1.58 degrees above the pre-industrial average.
The average temperature in Europe this March was the second warmest on record.
In addition, temperatures were above average in eastern North America, Greenland, eastern Russia, Central America, parts of South America, much of Africa, southern Australia, and parts of Antarctica.
The sea surface temperature in March, excluding the polar regions, was 21.07 degrees, which was also the highest in March. It is slightly higher than February (21.06 degrees).
This run of record-breaking temperatures is raising concerns in academic circles that climate change may be entering a new phase.
Gavin Schmidt, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Goddard Institute for Space Studies, wrote in an article in the international journal Nature last month, “It is humbling and a little heartbreaking to acknowledge that no year has confounded the predictions of climate scientists as much as 2023.” “I’m worried,” he said.
He cited possible causes such as the El Niño effect, less cooling of sulfur dioxide molecules due to pollution controls, the consequences of the Tongan volcanic eruption in 2022, and an increase in solar activity, but explained that these alone are not enough to explain the increasing temperature trend . .
“If the anomaly does not stabilize by August, Earth will enter uncharted territory,” said Director Schmidt. “This means that a warming Earth is already fundamentally changing the way the climate system operates, much sooner than scientists expected.” “It can be done,” he analyzed.
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