April marks 11th consecutive month of record temperatures
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According to the European Union’s climate change monitoring service, the world just had its hottest April on record, continuing an 11-month streak in which each month set a new temperature record.
Since June 2023, every month has been the hottest ever recorded for that time of year, as reported by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) in its latest monthly bulletin.
Also read: February 2024: Hottest on record amidst alarming climate milestones
“I think many scientists have asked the question whether there could be a shift in the climate system,” said Julien Nicolas, C3S Senior Climate Scientist.
The world’s average temperature has reached a record high of 1.61 degrees Celsius above the average during the pre-industrial period of 1850-1900 over the past 12 months, including April.
This significant increase and extreme events such as record-breaking sea surface temperatures have prompted scientists to explore whether human activity has pushed the climate system to a tipping point.
“At what point do we declare we’ve lost the battle to keep temperatures below 1.5? My personal opinion is we’ve already lost that battle, and we really need to think very seriously about keeping below 2C and reducing our emissions as fast as we can,” Hayley Fowler, a climate scientist at Newcastle University, said.
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