Climate crisis: March was the tenth month in a row to be the hottest on record say Copernicus

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March was the tenth month in a row to be the hottest on record, say climate change experts, Copernicus.

According to the latest data gathered and analysed by the European service, both air and sea surface temperatures were the warmest recorded than any previous March globally.

Overall, they say the month was 1.68°C warmer than the estimated March average for 1850-1900, which is the designated pre-industrial reference period.

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Samantha Burgess, Deputy Director of Copernicus Climate Service, said: "March 2024 continues the sequence of climate records toppling for both air temperature and ocean surface temperatures, with the tenth consecutive record-breaking month.

"The global average temperature is the highest on record, with the past 12 months being 1.58°C above pre-industrial levels. Stopping further warming requires rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions."

According to their charts, Ireland didn't escape the temperature rise, with our seas found to be much warmer than average.

Copernicus Climate Change Service publishes monthly climate bulletins based on computer-generated analyses using billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations around the world.

It found the average European temperature for March 2024 was 2.12°C above the 1991-2020 average for March, making it the second warmest March on record for the continent.

Outside Europe, temperatures were mostly above average over eastern North America, Greenland, eastern Russia, Central America, parts of South America, many parts of Africa, southern Australia and parts of Antarctica.

According to their analysis, El Niño continued to weaken in the eastern equatorial Pacific throughout March, but marine air temperatures in general remained at an unusually high level.

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