Action 'never more critical'Īntarctic sea ice remained at a record low level for the time of year, while monthly Arctic sea ice was 18 percent below average, C3S added. Scientists say warmer sea surface temperatures driven by climate change is making extreme weather events more intense, with Storm Daniel sparking devastating floods in Libya and Greece in September. The average sea surface temperature for the month excluding the polar regions also reached all-time highs for September, at 20.92C. Read more Article réservé à nos abonnés El Niño and La Niña, the 'enfants terribles' of the climateĮurope experienced its hottest September on record at 2.51C higher than the 1991-2020 average, with many countries smashing national temperature records for the month. The January-September average global temperature was 0.05C higher than the same nine-month period in 2016, the warmest year recorded so far. That threshold was the more ambitious target of the accord and is seen as essential to avoid the most catastrophic consequences of climate change. Global average temperatures from January to September were 1.4 degrees Celsius higher than 1850-1900, almost breaching the 1.5C warming goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement, C3S reported. PILAR OLIVARES / REUTERS On course for hottest year People refresh themselves in a swimming pool, during a heatwave in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 24, 2023. Climate change is here." The unprecedented September temperatures "have broken records by an extraordinary amount", added C3S deputy director Samantha Burgess. ![]() "Climate change is not something that will happen 10 years from now. It's just beyond belief," C3S director Carlo Buontempo told AFP. "We've been through the most incredible September ever from a climate point of view. ![]() The report said the figure was "the most anomalous warm month" in its dataset going back to 1940 and around 1.75C hotter than the September average in the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period. ![]() Read more Article réservé à nos abonnés Summer of 2023: The hottest ever recorded, with a litany of extreme weather events ![]() Temperature records are normally broken by much smaller margins closer to one-tenth of a degree. September's average surface air temperature of 16.38☌ (61.5☏) was 0.93C above the 1991-2020 average for the month and 0.5C above the previous 2020 record, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said in a report. Much of the world sweltered through unseasonably warm weather in September, in a year expected to be the hottest in human history and after the warmest-ever global temperatures during the Northern Hemisphere summer. Last month was the hottest September on record by an "extraordinary" margin as the world flirts dangerously with breaching a key warming limit, the EU climate monitor said on Thursday, October 5. Le Monde with AFP Published on October 5, 2023, at 4:18 am (Paris), updated on October 5, 2023, at 7:28 pmĪ beach in Margate, England on SeptemGARETH FULLER / AP The EU climate monitor said that September's heat was unprecedented, reaching temperatures 1.75 degrees Celsius hotter than pre-industrial levels. September 2023 hottest on record by 'extraordinary' margin
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