The northern summer of 2023 broke a record for maximum temperatures. According to data from Copernicus (C3S)the European Union Earth Observation and Monitoring Program, which analyzes the planet and its environment, The last quarter ended with one Average temperature of 16.77 °C.
A value that corresponds to an increase of 0.66°C above average. In this way, we are talking about the warmest temperature that C3S has recorded so far on the entire planet. The Climate Change Service announced they found it “Record anomalies” in sea surface temperature in the North Atlantic” and in all oceans.
Of all the months, Copernicus emphasized the month August, the hottest of all. At 16.82 °C, its average temperature was 0.71 °C warmer than in the period between 1991 and 2020. In an interview with The country The head of the service, Carlo Buontempo, explained the data collected last summer. “It is very likely that a summer was not captured or recorded so hot in a much longer time.”
Regarding the factors that could have influenced this increase in maximum temperatures in the hottest period of the year, Buontempo mentioned global warming, the meteorological phenomenon El Niño and the ice anomaly formed in the Southern Ocean. He also explained that it was not an isolated event. “It is part of a pattern of general climate warming. And it could happen again next year. or in two or three years,” he told the aforementioned newspaper.
On the other hand, it has not been confirmed that 2023 will be the warmest year on record, although it is close to the records set in 2016, the warmest so far. “Considering also that El Niño is increasing, I believe so There’s a good chance this year will be the hottest on record“, he explained. The oceans recorded a temperature of 21.1 ° C, one degree more than in 2020.
“Climate collapse has begun”
The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, pointed out the use of fossil fuels as one of the causes of the current scenario. “Climate collapse has begun. Scientists have long been warning about what our dependence on fossil fuels will trigger. “Our climate is imploding faster than we can cope, and extreme weather events are affecting every corner of the planet,” he said.