February breaks record of historic high temperatures

Temperatures spiked across swathes of the planet in February, from Siberia to South America, with Europe also registering its second warmest winter on record.In the first half of the month, daily global temperatures were “exceptionally high”, Copernicus said, with four consecutive days registering averages 2C higher than pre-industrial times — just months after the world registered its first single day above that limit.This was the longest streak over 2C on record, said C3S director Carlo Buontempo, adding the heat was “remarkable”.But it does not mark a breach of the 2015 Paris climate deal limit of “well below” 2C and preferably 1.5C, which is measured over decades.Copernicus’ direct data from across the planet goes back to the 1940s, but Buontempo said that taking into account what scientists know about historical temperatures “our civilization has never had to cope with this climate”.



Source link