In 2023, the Earth set a new thermal record, surpassing the results of 2016. This was reported by Agency Associated Press (AP) quotes data from scientists at the European Climate Agency’s Copernicus service.
According to experts, the global average temperature last year was 14.98 °C. This is approximately 0.6°C higher than the previous maximum recorded seven years ago.
“Record high temperatures lasted for months in a row: June, July, August, September, October, November, December. “It’s not just an unusually warm month or season, but we’ve had over six months of exceptionally warm weather,” Copernicus Deputy Director Samantha Burgess said.
The researchers emphasized that the average temperature on our planet in 2023 is 1.48 °C above pre-industrial levels, which is a reference point for assessing the climate threat.
According to scientists, the majority of the excess (1.3 °C out of 1.48 °C) was due to the burning of hydrocarbon fuels, while the other 0.1 °C was due to the warming of the Pacific Ocean due to the El Niño phenomenon. remaining 0.08 °CC – less important causes.
Commenting on the information provided by their colleagues, climatologists from the Woodwell Climate Research Center in the United States pointed out that the last time such global average annual temperatures were recorded on Earth was about 125 thousand years ago, when humanity was at a primitive stage of development.
The Copernicus service believes that 2024 will be even warmer than 2023. Samantha Burgess admitted that the global warming threshold of 1.5 °C compared to pre-industrial levels will be temporarily exceeded by the end of January this year.
Previous scientists accepted Earth’s climate warming by 8°C.
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Source: Gazeta
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