Paris, France:
Final month was the second-warmest September ever registered globally in an distinctive 12 months “nearly sure” to develop into the most popular on report, the EU local weather monitor Copernicus stated on Tuesday.
The Copernicus Local weather Change Service (C3S) stated the typical international temperature final month was second solely to September 2023.
September noticed “excessive” rainfall and harmful storms in lots of components of the world, occasions which are occurring with larger severity and frequency as international temperatures rise on account of local weather change.
Hotter air can maintain extra water vapour, and hotter oceans imply larger evaporation, leading to extra intense rainfall.
Hurricane Helene pounded the southeast United States, Hurricane Krathon slammed into Taiwan and Storm Boris introduced floods and devastation to central Europe in a month of untamed climate.
“The intense rainfall occasions of this month, one thing we’re observing increasingly usually, have been made worse by a hotter ambiance, resulting in extra intense rainfall with months’ price of rain falling in just some days,” stated Samantha Burgess, Deputy Director of the Copernicus Local weather Change Service (C3S).
2023 was the warmest 12 months ever recorded however the months January by to September 2024 have set recent highs, stated Copernicus.
The monitor stated it was “nearly sure that 2024 goes to be the warmest 12 months on report”.
Copernicus data return to 1940 however different sources of local weather knowledge reminiscent of ice cores, tree rings and coral skeletons enable scientists to broaden their conclusions utilizing proof from a lot additional up to now.
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