The average temperature on Earth continues to break records above 17 degrees Celsius, according to the Climate Reanalyzer of the University of Maine in the United States.
According to the source, which relies on satellite data and computer simulations to make the measurements, Wednesday’s average global temperature was 17.18 degrees Celsius, the same as Tuesday’s.
Monday was already the hottest ever measured in the world, surpassing an average of 17 degrees Celsius for the first time.
The average daily air temperature on the planet’s surface on Monday was measured at 17.01 degrees by a service dependent on the US Atmospheric and Oceanic Agency (NOAA, its acronym in English).
This surpassed the previous daily record of 16.92 degrees set on July 24, 2022, according to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction.
Scientists have been warning for months that a record heat wave could hit in 2023 as man-made climate change, driven largely by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas and oil, warms the atmosphere.
These observations are likely a foretaste of what is to come with a phenomenon called El Niño (in Spanish), usually associated with rising temperatures on a global scale, which is complemented by the effects of human-induced climate warming.
University of Maine climate scientist Sean Birkle, creator of the Climate Reanalyzer, said the daily numbers are not official, but they are useful information about what’s going on in the world due to global warming.
Scientists often use longer measurements — months, years, decades — to track the warming of the Earth, but high daytime temperatures indicate that climate change is moving into uncharted territory.
High temperature records were broken this week in Quebec, Canada and Peru. Last week, Beijing recorded temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius for nine days in a row.
2022 was the eighth year in a row that global average temperatures were at least one degree higher than levels observed between 1850 and 1900.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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