[ti:EU Climate Agency: Another Record High Temperature for March]
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[00:00.04]The European Union's climate agency, Copernicus,
[00:05.80]says the world's temperature
[00:08.48]averaged 14.14 degrees Celsius in March.
[00:15.16]The latest monthly temperature
[00:18.08]means that Copernicus
[00:20.24]has reported a record high temperature
[00:23.76]for 10 months in a row.
[00:27.68]Copernicus added that the month was 1.68 degrees warmer
[00:34.12]than the estimated average for the month of March
[00:38.20]for the period from 1850 to 1900.
[00:44.28]The agency calls this period
[00:47.36]the "pre-industrial" period
[00:50.60]before oil, gas and coal
[00:54.64]were used in large amounts.
[00:58.80]Since last June, weather agencies
[01:02.56]have been reporting record high
[01:05.24]average world temperatures.
[01:08.80]Some scientists say they are not surprised by the reports.
[01:15.52]This year, a strong El Nino event
[01:19.80]is affecting weather in many parts of the world.
[01:24.44]El Nino is an unusually warm current
[01:29.48]that periodically appears in the southern Pacific Ocean
[01:34.76]and changes weather in places around the world.
[01:41.24]Jennifer Francis is a scientist
[01:44.60]with the nonprofit Woodwell Climate Research Center
[01:49.96]in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
[01:55.24]She said the periodic warm current
[01:58.92]is part of high temperatures:
[02:02.72]"But its combination with the non-natural marine heat waves
[02:08.64]made these records so breathtaking."
[02:12.88]Francis added that, as the El Nino becomes less intense,
[02:19.72]the reported temperatures above
[02:22.52]global averages should go down.
[02:27.40]Climate scientists, like Francis,
[02:30.80]say that human activity is responsible for the record heat.
[02:37.56]They say burning coal, oil and natural gas
[02:43.20]results in more carbon dioxide
[02:46.52]and methane in the atmosphere.
[02:51.00]Those two are called "greenhouse gases"
[02:55.52]because they are said to "trap heat."
[03:00.52]"The trajectory will not change
[03:03.52]until concentrations of greenhouse gases
[03:08.44]in the atmosphere stop rising," Francis said.
[03:15.12]"...We must stop burning fossil fuels,
[03:18.56]stop deforestation,
[03:21.12]and grow our food more sustainably
[03:24.80]as quickly as possible."
[03:27.16]Until then, Francis added,
[03:30.64]expect more broken records.
[03:34.80]The 2015 Paris Agreement is an international plan
[03:40.72]that sets a goal of limiting the increase
[03:44.84]of the world's average temperature
[03:47.80]to 1.5 degrees Celsius or below.
[03:53.60]Its idea is to keep temperatures as close as possible
[03:58.84]to "pre-industrial" levels.
[04:03.64]Samantha Burgess is deputy director
[04:07.72]of Copernicus Climate Change Service.
[04:12.24]She said the new March record temperature
[04:16.40]was not as high compared to other records.
[04:20.88]"We've had record-breaking months
[04:24.20]that have been even more unusual," Burgess said.
[04:29.68]These include February 2024 and September of 2023.
[04:38.56]But Burgess noted, the "trajectory
[04:43.16]is not in the right direction."
[04:46.44]For March, Copernicus also reported
[04:50.52]that global sea surface temperatures
[04:53.92]averaged 21.07 degrees Celsius.
[04:59.76]The agency said this was the highest value ever recorded.
[05:07.20]The temperatures are only for the area
[05:10.96]between 60 degrees south latitude
[05:14.72]and 60 degrees north latitude.
[05:18.64]The Copernicus' official said
[05:22.00]more needs to be done to control world temperatures.
[05:28.12]"We need more ambitious global action
[05:31.76]to ensure that we can get to net zero
[05:36.48]as soon as possible," Burgess said.
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