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Last 2 years crossed 1.5°C global warming limit: EU monitor

The last two years exceeded on average a critical warming limit for the first time as global temperatures soar "beyond what modern humans have ever experienced", an EU agency said Friday. This does not mean the internationally-agreed 1.5°C warming threshold has been permanently breached, but the Copernicus Climate Change Service said it was drawing dangerously near. Stark warning Johan Rockstrom …

Global warming induces hottest northern summer on record in 2024 as weather-related disasters feared to intensify

While Australia is yet to enter its hottest three months of the year, the northern half of the world just emerged from what has been the planet's warmest summer on record. Data published in a monthly bulletin by the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service on Friday also showed that the global average temperature for the year from September 2023 …

Global heating breaches 1.5C threshold over full year for first time

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Global warming has exceeded 1.5C across an entire year for the first time, with January …

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“Since June, the world has experienced unprecedented heat on land and sea. Every day from July 31 to August 31 saw global average sea surface temperatures exceed the previous record of March 2016. August, as a whole, saw the highest global monthly average sea surface temperatures on record across all months, at 20.98°C, and was well above average for August, …

Global average temperature for July confirmed to be highest on record of any month, says Copernicus Climate Change Service. Marked by heatwaves and fires all around the world, the previous month was 0.33 degrees Celsius higher than the record set in July 2019 when the average temperature was 16.63C, it said. “It has not been this warm, combining observational records …