Another month became the hottest month globally, setting an unprecedented record

The world experienced its hottest March on record, creating a series of 10 months in which each month set a new temperature record - the European Union's climate change monitoring service (C3S) has just confirmed. announcement, posted on the Reuters website .

Specifically, excluding this April, each of the past 10 months has been the hottest month in world history (compared to the corresponding months of previous years).

Temperatures in most European countries at the end of March were higher than the annual average, many countries had record high temperatures. (Photo: Weatherbell).

What's more, the 12-month series, from April 2023 to March 2024, is also the hottest 12-month period in the planet's history. During that period, the global average temperature was 1.58 ^degrees Celsius higher than in the pre-industrial period.

'The sustained trend of these records makes us very worried,' said C3S Deputy Director Samantha Burgess. 'These records, month after month, really show us that the climate is changing. change, and change very quickly'.

C3S believes that the main cause of unusual heat waves is human-caused greenhouse gases . Another factor is the El Nino phenomenon. But even though El Nino weakened in March, global sea surface temperatures were at record highs compared to any time in history.

According to C3S, if humans do not reduce emissions, the Earth will continue to heat up rapidly, resulting in more serious droughts, forest fires, heat waves and storms.