(toskanews) – 2024 was the hottest year ever recorded globally and the first in which the average temperature exceeded the pre-industrial level by 1.5 degrees centigrade. The confirmation came from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented on behalf of the European Commission by the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), whose scientists monitored the main climate indicators and documented unprecedented daily, monthly, and annual temperature records for the past year.
Human-induced climate change remains primarily responsible for extreme air and sea surface temperatures; other factors, such as the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), also contributed to the unusual temperatures observed during the year which will also be remembered for extreme climatic events, such as the floods in Spain.
2024 saw three record-breaking warm seasons for the corresponding time of year: boreal winter (December 2023-February 2024), boreal spring (March-May), and boreal summer (June-August); On July 22, a new daily global average temperature record was reached, equal to 17.16 degrees. Furthermore, the annual average sea surface temperature over the extrapolar ocean reached an all-time high of more than 20 degrees (20.87) degrees, 0.51 above the average between 1991 and 2020.
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