The world temperature remained at historically high levels in April, continuing a series of almost two years of unprecedented heat that raises concern scientists about the speed at which global warming is evolving.

Worldwide the April of 2025 was the second warmer recorded after April 2024, according to the European Copernicus Observatory based on thousands of measurements by satellites, meteorological stations and other tools.

April continued the uninterrupted series of temperatures record or near the record that started the July 2023that is, almost two years ago.

Since then, with a single exception, the temperature was at least all months by 1.5 ° C. Celsius higher From the average pre-industrial era (1850-1900).

Many scientists expected that in the period 2023-2024- the two hottest years ever recorded worldwide- would follow a respite, with the retreat of the El Niju that causes warmer conditions.

“With 2025 he should have stopped but instead We remain in this phase of accelerated overheating“, Said Johann Rocarm, director of the Postam Institute for the impact of the climate.

The two previous years’were out of normal »commented by Samantha Bergs, Deputy Director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service. “They remain on the limits provided for by climate models, but were at the upper limits”, added.

One of the explanations for the continuation of high temperatures is that the phenomenon La Ninathe opposite of El Niho and a synonym of lower temperatures, eventually had “reduced intensity»Since December, according to the World Meteorological Organization, and may retreat in the coming months.

About 50 climatologists They estimate that the global temperature rose by 1.36 ° C in 2024.

Courticus’s current estimates refer to temperatures rising by 1.39 ° C.

Paris’s climate agreement has set as its main objective to limit the rise of global temperature by 1.5 ° C in relation to the pre -industrial era.

Now, according to the Copper humanity It may reach this level by 2029.

“At current rhythms we will shoot down the 1.5 ° C to 2030”, appreciates the Julienclimatologist at CNRS. “We say that every tenth of the degree counts” because it increases drought episodes, heatwaves and other meteorological disasters, “but now things are moving rapidly,” he warns.

“Now, what we need to try to do is to limit overheating as close as possible.” In the original goal, Catio explains, pointing out that “It is not the same if we are aiming for a climate at which the temperature will have risen by 2 ° C (compared to the pre -industrial era) at the end of the century” in case of “4 °”.