The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) additionally stated that each month since June final yr has been the warmest such month on document.

Scientists attribute the distinctive warming to the mixed results of El Nino — a interval of irregular warming of floor waters within the central Pacific Ocean — and human-caused local weather change.

C3S final month stated the worldwide imply temperature breached the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold for a complete yr for the primary time in January.

A everlasting breach of the 1.5-degree Celsius restrict specified within the Paris Agreement, nonetheless, refers to long-term warming over a few years.

According to local weather scientists, international locations must restrict the worldwide common temperature rise to 1.5 levels Celsius above the pre-industrial interval to keep away from the worst impacts of local weather change.

Earth’s world floor temperature has already elevated by round 1.1 levels Celsius in contrast with the typical in 1850–1900 — a degree that has not been witnessed since 1,25,000 years, earlier than the latest ice age.

This warming is taken into account the explanation behind document droughts, wildfires and floods worldwide.

With a mean temperature of 13.54 levels Celsius, February 2024 was 0.12 levels Celsius hotter than the earlier warmest February in 2016, the EU’s local weather company stated.

“The month was 1.77 degrees Celsius warmer than an estimate of the February average for 1850-1900, the designated pre-industrial reference period,” C3S stated in an replace.

The world common temperature for the final 12 months (March 2023–February 2024) is the best on document, at 0.68 levels Celsius above the 1991-2020 common and 1.56 levels Celsius above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial common.

The each day world common temperature was exceptionally excessive in the course of the first half of the month, reaching 2 levels Celsius above the 1850-1900 ranges on 4 consecutive days (February 8–11), C3S scientists stated.

The common world sea floor temperature (SST) for February 2024 was 21.06 levels Celsius, the best for any month within the dataset. The earlier excessive was in August 2023 (20.98 levels Celsius).

C3S director Carlo Buontempo stated, “February joins the long streak of records of the last few months. As remarkable as this might appear, it is not really surprising as the continuous warming of the climate system inevitably leads to new temperature extremes.

“The local weather responds to the precise concentrations of greenhouse gases within the ambiance so, except we handle to stabilise these, we are going to inevitably face new world temperature information and their penalties,” Buontempo said.

The World Meteorological Organization on Tuesday said the 2023-24 El Nino has peaked as one of the five strongest on record and will continue to impact global climate in the coming months despite a weakening trend.

The UN agency also said above-normal temperatures are predicted over almost all land areas between March and May.

The WMO said there is about a 60 per cent chance of El Nino persisting during March-May and an 80 per cent likelihood of neutral conditions (neither El Nino nor La Nina) from April to June.

There is a chance of La Nina developing later in the year, but those odds are currently uncertain, it said.

Scientists closely tracking the development in India have said La Nina conditions setting in by June-August could mean monsoon rains would be better this year than in 2023.

El Nino — a periodic warming of the ocean surface in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean — occurs every two to seven years on average and typically lasts nine to 12 months.

It is associated with increased rainfall in the Horn of Africa and the southern US, and unusually dry and warm conditions in Southeast Asia, Australia and southern Africa.