The most current data on the subject global warmingTriggered all alarms provided by the Copernicus program. The temperature has increased significantly compared to previous years, which already shows a very alarming trend. According to the statement made by those responsible for this EU monitoring program, “Temperatures in September 2023 is on track to be the hottest year as it is an unprecedented event and records are broken“, that is, at least since 1940, but most likely this is equivalent to telling the entire history.
September 2023 has already broken all records In terms of warming, while it was the warmest month in terms of both air temperature and sea surface temperature, it was also the month in which Antarctica’s frozen mass decreased the most. All charts show how clearly the line corresponding to last month differs from the previous months, which were already on the rise.
Specifically, the average surface air temperature in September was recorded as 16.38°C; This was 0.93°C above the 1991-2020 average for that month and 0.5°C above the September temperature of 2020, which until now held the world record. The hottest September in history.
1.75°C compared to pre-industrial times
But when compared to the temperature of the pre-industrial period, which is used as a reference to measure the progress of climate change, this shows: September 2023 saw an increase of 1.75°C compared to the 1850-1900 average. In other words, at least this month, humanity has already exceeded the 1.5°C increase limit set by the Paris Agreement. Maybe this is a temporary and temporary situation, but this is the first time it has reached such a worrying stage.
If we compare instead of September The increase in global temperature in the total January-September period was 1.40°C Compared to the pre-industrial average.
September 2023 saw an increase of 1.75°C compared to the 1850-1900 average, i.e. more than the 1.5°C set in the Paris Agreement.
Samantha Burgess, Deputy Director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), said: “September saw unprecedented temperatures for that time of year. After an already historic summer, they broke records on an extraordinary scale. This extreme situation means that September 2023 has the honor of being the warmest September of all time, and the overall period of the year is on track to be the warmest as well, with temperatures around 1.4°C above the pre-industrial average. With two months until COP28, the urgency of ambitious climate action has never been more urgent».
Europe is even worse than the world average
Increases in Europe were much greater than across the planetThus, the extraordinarily high warming trend on our continent and, above all, in the Mediterranean is confirmed. Copernicus points out that temperatures will increase in Europe in September 2023 2.51°C compared to the 1991-2020 averageIt increased by 1.1°C compared to the previous record of 2020.
on the sea surfaceRecords were also broken last month, when the average temperature was 20.92°C; this was the highest temperature recorded for a September since records exist and the second highest temperature for any month, behind August 2023.
ANDMeanwhile, melting in Antarctica continued to advanceThis means increasing sea level rise on the planet. According to Copernicus’s statement, both daily and monthly ice amounts reached their lowest annual maximum values in September; monthly area was 9% below average.
Daily sea ice extent in the Arctic reached its sixth annual minimum, while monthly sea ice extent was 18% below average, the fifth lowest.
More month-by-month information: https://climate.copernicus.eu/climate-bulletins
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