September 2023 was the sixth consecutive month with record heat on the planet, in the ocean and in the air. The September heat was also record-breaking in Antarctica.
OR September 2023 becomes the warmest ever observedwith temperatures above average from July 2001 to 2010. The World Meteorological Organization reports threatening sign on the speed with which greenhouse gases are changing the planet’s climate.
After the warmest September on record, 2023 could be the planet’s hottest year (Photo: Getty Images)
Earth just had the the hottest September on record. The goal was reached by a registration marginaccording to the main international datasets used by the World Meteorological Organization, WMO, for monitoring the state of the global climate.
The agency says September 2023 recorded the highest temperatures compared to the average for the period between July 2001 and 2010. The United States Space Agency, NASA also confirmed this which was by far the warmest September ever.
Record sixth month
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there is a greater than 99% probability that 2023 will be classified as the warmest year ever. The WMO confirms this assessment.
September also represented the sixth consecutive month with a monthly ocean surface temperature record. In this sense, last month was tied with August 2023 for the highest monthly sea surface temperature anomaly.
A Antarctica had its warmest September and sea ice extent remained at seasonal lows. The Arctic recorded its second warmest September on record.
Threatening sign
Regionally, North America, South America, Europe and Africa had the highest September temperatures. Asia had its second warmest September and Oceania its third.
According to the WMO, the prolonged sequence of extraordinary land and sea surface temperatures It’s a disturbing sign about how quickly greenhouse gases are changing our climate.
According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, September had a average surface temperature of 16.38°C.
The increase was 0.5°C above the temperature of the previous warmest September, in 2020, and about 1.75°C warmer for September compared to the pre-industrial reference period 1850-1900.
Source: United Nations News
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