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11 months on trot of world’s record-breaking temperatures

May 9, 2024293 Views

The world just experienced its hottest April on record, extending an 11-month streak in which every month set a temperature record, the European Union's climate change monitoring service said on Wednesday. Each month since June 2023 has ranked as the planet's hottest on record, compared with the corresponding month in previous years, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a monthly bulletin. People walk as water is sprayed by a system to alleviate the high temperatures caused by a heat wave, at the Gerardo Barrios square, in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 27, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas Including April, the world's average temperature was the highest on record for a 12-month period - 1.61 degrees Celsius above the average in the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period. S...

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World hits record land, sea temperatures

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July 3, 2023739 Views

Climate change fuels weather extremes in 2023 The target of keeping long-term global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) is moving out of reach, climate experts say, with nations failing to set more ambitious goals despite months of record-breaking heat on land and sea. As envoys gathered in Bonn in early June to prepare for this year's annual climate talks in November, average global surface air temperatures were more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for several days, the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said. FILE PHOTO: Josh walks along an avenue under the intense heat as the temperature past over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) in Yuba City, California, U.S., June 30, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria Though mean temperatures had tempora...

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‘Feels like summer’: Warm winter breaks temperature records in Europe

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January 5, 2023115 Views

Record-high winter temperatures swept across parts of Europe over the new year, bringing calls from activists for faster action against climate change while offering short-term respite to governments struggling with high gas prices. Hundreds of sites have seen temperature records smashed in the past days, from Switzerland to Poland to Hungary, which registered its warmest Christmas Eve in Budapest and saw temperatures climb to 18.9 degrees Celsius (66.02°F) on Jan. 1. In France, where the night of Dec. 30-31 was the warmest since records began, temperatures climbed to nearly 25C in the southwest on New Year's Day while normally bustling European ski resorts were deserted due to a lack of snow. A cable car is seen on mountain Jahorina in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina January 4,...