Current:Home > Finance2023 on track to become warmest year on record: Copernicus report -TradeWise
2023 on track to become warmest year on record: Copernicus report
View
Date:2025-04-18 21:41:31
The year 2023 is already on track to be the warmest year on record, according to Copernicus, Europe’s climate change service.
The month of September saw several unprecedented temperature anomalies around the world, following the hottest summer ever recorded, according to the monthly climate report released by Copernicus on Wednesday, which analyzes billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations around the world to highlight changes observed in global surface air temperature, sea ice cover and hydrological variables.
MORE: Record-high summer temps give a 'sneak peek' into future warming
Several records were broken "by an extraordinary amount" in September due to never-before-seen high temperatures for that time of year, Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said in a statement. The month as a whole was around 1.75 degrees Celsius (3.2 Fahrenheit) warmer than the September average for 1850 to 1900, the preindustrial reference period, according to the report.
Now, 2023 is expected to round out the year as the warmest on record globally -- clocking in at about 1.4 C above pre-industrial levels, Burgess said.
The number is dangerously close to the goal to limit global warming to 1.5 C (2.7 F) above pre-industrial levels set in the Paris Agreement.
MORE: Earth has experienced its warmest August on record, says NOAA
Average global surface air temperatures in September 2023 measured at 16.38 C, about 61.48 F, nearly 1 degree Celsius above the 1991 to 2020 average for September and beating the previous record, set in 2020, by .5 degrees Celsius, according to Copernicus.
The global temperature during September 2023 featured the largest deviation from the average, not just for the month of September, but for any month in the dataset going back to 1940, the researchers said.
Among the continents that experienced warmer-than-usual conditions in September was Europe, which beat its previous record by 1.1 degrees Celsius.
MORE: July poised to be hottest month in recorded history: Experts
Antarctic sea ice extent also remained at a record low level during the month of September. Both the daily and monthly extents reached their lowest annual maxima in the satellite record in September, with the monthly extent 9% below average, according to the report.
Greenhouse gas emissions and El Niño conditions over the equatorial eastern Pacific are likely both playing a role in reaching new global temperature records, models show.
With El Niño conditions forecast to strengthen through the end of the year, the annual temperature anomaly for 2023 could follow trends set in Summer 2023 and September 2023, breaking the previous record by a large margin.
Globally, 2023 has already featured the hottest summer on record, multiple hottest months on record, including July and August, and the hottest day recorded on Earth for several days in a row at the beginning of July.
The last time Earth recorded a colder-than-average year was in 1976.
veryGood! (44)
Related
- Have Dry, Sensitive Skin? You Need To Add These Gentle Skincare Products to Your Routine
- Save 49% on the Cult-Fave Beats Studio Pro & Up to 55% Off Beats Headphones & Earbuds — Starting at $40
- Travis Scott arrested in Paris following alleged fight with bodyguard
- PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day Friday August 9, 2024
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- USWNT vs. Brazil live updates: USA wins Olympic gold for first time in 12 years
- Former wrestler Kevin Sullivan, best known as The Taskmaster, dies at the age of 74
- USA men's volleyball rebounds from 'devastating' loss to defeat Italy for bronze medal
- Toyota to invest $922 million to build a new paint facility at its Kentucky complex
- White Lotus Season 3: Patrick Schwarzenegger Shares First Look After Wrapping Filming
Ranking
- What were Tom Selleck's juicy final 'Blue Bloods' words in Reagan family
- The Best Early Labor Day 2024 Sales: 60% Off Pottery Barn, 50% Off Banana Republic, 70% Off Gap & More
- Monarch Capital Institute's Innovation in Quantitative Trading: J. Robert Harris's Vision
- Top picks Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels see first NFL action in preseason
- What to watch: O Jolie night
- Sean “Diddy” Comb’s Ex Yung Miami Breaks Silence on His Abuse Allegations
- Disney shows fans ‘Moana 2' footage, reveals ‘Toy Story 5' and ‘Incredibles 3' are also coming
- Record-breaking wildfires scorch more than 1.4 million acres in Oregon, authorities say
Recommendation
California DMV apologizes for license plate that some say mocks Oct. 7 attack on Israel
Rez Dogs Are Feeling the Heat From Climate Change
Harrison Ford, Miley Cyrus and more to be honored as Disney Legends at awards ceremony
Beyoncé's BeyGood charity commits $500K to Black cowboys at annual Bill Picket Rodeo
The Best Stocking Stuffers Under $25
Watch Mallory Swanson's goal that secured gold medal for U.S. women's national soccer team
Kansas City Chiefs WR Marquise 'Hollywood' Brown injures shoulder in preseason opener
Colorado wildfire that destroyed 27 homes was human-caused, officials say