climate
February was the warmest since records began
According to the EU Climate Change Service, the climate responds to the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. photo
© Matthias Bein/dpa
According to the EU climate change service Copernicus, February is the ninth month in a row that has been the warmest compared to the respective months of the previous year.
This is the ninth month in a row that has been the warmest compared to the respective months of the previous year. “As remarkable as this may seem, it is not really surprising, as the continuous warming of the climate system inevitably leads to new temperature extremes,” said director Carlo Buontempo. The climate reacts to the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. As long as it is not possible to stabilize these, “we will inevitably be confronted with new global temperature records and their consequences.”
Copernicus had already announced in January that global warming was now for the first time over a period of twelve months (February 2023 to January 2024) on average over 1.5 degrees compared to the pre-industrial era. However, that does not mean that the Paris 1.5 degree target has been missed, as longer-term average values are being looked at.
The European Union’s climate change service Copernicus regularly publishes data on surface temperatures, sea ice cover and precipitation. The findings are based on computer-generated analyzes that incorporate billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations around the world.