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.
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 Scientists expect the worst effects of the current El Nino to be felt at the end of 2023 and into next year. The average sea surface temperature for the month excluding the polar regions also reached all-time highs for September, at 20.92C.driven by climate change are making extreme weather events more intense, with Storm Daniel sparking devastating floods in Libya and Greece in September.Antarctic 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.