Carbon Brief has in it's daily summary Thursday summarized some of the record warm temperatures that were posted in some places in February.
we can expect yet more reports of new records being set last month in coming days and weeks as these are collated.
this is science: professionals observing, recording and analyzing what's happening. There's nothing conspiratorial here. This is what professional scientists, in this case meteorologists, do every day.
all of the following is from CARBON BRIEF today.
"More climate records fall in world's warmest February"
"February was the warmest in modern times, the EU’s climate service has announced, extending the run of monthly records to nine in a row, reports BBC News. Each month since June 2023 has seen new temperature highs and the world’s sea surface is at its hottest on record while Antarctic sea-ice has again reached extreme lows, the broadcaster continues.
"The data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service shows February was 1.77C warmer than the pre-industrial average for the month, from 1850-1900, and 0.81C above 1991-2020 levels, reports the Guardian. The global average for the past 12 months was the highest on record, at 1.56C above pre-industrial level for March 2023 to February 2024, it adds.
"This puts the world temporarily above the 1.5C threshold beyond which, over the long term, the worst impacts of climate change are expected, it adds.
"This latest data capped off a record heat season for December, January and February globally, reports the Financial Times, which has affected “everywhere from northern Siberia and central and north-west America to parts of South America, Africa and Australia, causing unusual warm, wet and dry conditions depending on the region”.
"European temperatures in February 2024 were 3.3C above the 1991-2020 average for the month, with temperatures in central and eastern Europe being far above average, reports the Independent.
"The effects of climate change and El Niño are “however, most clearly seen in the seas”, reports the Times. It quotes Dr Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, who said: “We’ve had our warmest global ocean temperatures ever recorded in the satellite era, exceeding the records set last August.”
"In addition to the new study from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, analysis by Climate Central, an independent research group based in New Jersey, found that in several cities in North America, Europe and Asia, not only was winter unusually warm, but climate change played “a distinctly recognisable role”, reports the New York Times.
"For instance Minneapolis in the US was nearly 5.6C warmer than average between December and February, with the “fingerprints of climate change” detectable for 33 days, essentially a third of the winter season, it continues. Iran’s capital city Tehran was 4.2C warmer than average during the same three month period, with the effects of climate change detectable over 68 days of winter, it adds.
"Meanwhile, Morocco has experienced record heat, including the hottest January since measurements began, the country’s meteorological department told Agence France-Presse. The North African country saw temperatures in January hit a record, at 3.8C above normal for the period 1991-2020, making it the hottest month of January since the first measurements in 1940, it adds."
