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According to data from the EU climate change service Copernicus, last month was the warmest March in Europe since records began. The average temperature on the continent was 6.03 degrees, 2.41 degrees above the average for the comparable period from 1991 to 2020, according to Copernicus.
Globally, it was the second warmest March ever recorded. In addition, the lowest extent of Arctic sea ice ever measured in a March was recorded.
According to the service, it was also the 20th month in the past 21 months in which the global average temperature was more than 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
1.5 degree limit not reached by 2024
The international goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees compared to the pre-industrial era is considered almost impossible to achieve. The limit was already exceeded in 2024. The target is only officially considered to have been missed after several years of exceeding it.
The EU’s Copernicus climate change service regularly publishes data on the earth’s surface temperature, sea ice cover and precipitation. The findings are based on computer-generated analyses that incorporate billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations around the world. The data used dates back to 1950, with some earlier data also available.
- source: orf.at/picture: Image by Katja Fissel from Pixabay
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