Recorded temperatures ‘exceed those of all periods for at least 100,000 years’ – Oceans break seasonal heat records for nine months
The year 2023 the world was 1.48 degrees Celsius warmer than the pre-industrial climatethe European agency announced today Copernicusconfirming that this is the hottest year in the history of the planet, while noting the assessment that 2024 is expected to be even worse.
“2023 was recorded global average temperature of 14.98 degrees Celsiusi.e. 0.17 degrees Celsius above the previous annual record of 2016,” announced the European observatory, whose data dates back to 1850.
These temperatures “probably exceed those of all periods for at least 100,000 years»commented Samantha Burgess, deputy director of her service Copernicus on climate change (C3S).
Moreover the mean surface temperatures of oceans by 2023 “remained at an unusually high levelreaching seasonal record levels from April to December’, fueled by the return of the climate phenomenon El NiñoCopernicus added.
These temperatures, unprecedented in nine months, threaten marine lifeincrease the intensity of storms and raise the temperature of the atmosphere.
They are particularly studied by climatologists, given the major role the oceans play in regulating climateas they absorb over 90% of excess heat caused by human activity.
Source: Skai
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