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Tenth consecutive monthly heat record alarms and confounds climate scientists

Another month, another global heat record that has left climate scientists scratching their heads and hoping this is an El Niño-related hangover rather than a symptom of worse-than-expected planetary health.

Global surface temperatures in March were 0.1C higher than the previous record for the month, set in 2016, and 1.68C higher than the pre-industrial average, according to data released on Tuesday by the Copernicus Climate Change Service.

This is the 10th consecutive monthly record in a warming phase that has shattered all previous records. Over the past 12 months, average global temperatures have been 1.58C above pre-industrial levels.

This, at least temporarily, exceeds the 1.5C benchmark set as a target in the Paris climate agreement but that landmark deal will not be considered breached unless this trend continues on a decadal scale.

The UK Met Office previously predicted the 1.5C goal could be surpassed over the period of a year and other leading climate monitoring organisations said the current levels of heating remain within the bounds anticipated by computer models.

However the sharp increase in temperatures over the past year has surprised many scientists, and prompted concerns about a possible acceleration of heating.

Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, one of the vice-chairs of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), noted the planet has been warming at a pace of 0.3C per decade over the past 15 years, almost double the 0.18C per decade trend since the 1970s. “Is this within the range of climate variability or signal of accelerated warming? My concern is it might be too late if we just wait to see,” she tweeted.

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 @ISIDEWITHasked…2yrs2Y

If we discover this trend of rising temperatures is an acceleration rather than a natural fluctuation, would it change your view on the urgency of addressing climate change?

 @9LFJC8VPeace and Freedomcommented…2yrs2Y

I think we should try to focus on it because after all it is our world and I would not like to see it destroy

 @9LFHXJM from Illinois  commented…2yrs2Y

I feel that it might keep our weather more consistent.

 @WeaverBennyGreen from Wisconsin  commented…2yrs2Y

"Stop giving power to people who don't believe in science or worse than that, pretend they don't believe in climate change for their own self-interest." Harrison Ford

There is no time to wait.

 @K3ynesianAlexandraVeteranfrom Vermont  commented…2yrs2Y

Translate into Mandarin.

 @MadK3ynesianPeace and Freedom from Georgia  commented…2yrs2Y

It's crucial to prioritize leaders who support science and climate action. Let's take immediate steps towards a sustainable future. Thank you for the reminder, Harrison Ford.

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2yrs2Y

How would you feel about the future of our planet if we continue to break global heat records every month?

 @9LFPZRSProgressive from Texas  answered…2yrs2Y

It would be an unbearable climate, the vegetation is increasingly difficult to sprout and we would have to find a way to control the root of what caused it.

 @9LFJCPN from Texas  commented…2yrs2Y

It shows how not enough is being done by government officials to fix a serious issue that effects millions of citizens .

 @9LFHLTX from Ohio  commented…2yrs2Y

The world is slowly being destroyed by the global heat records.

 @TaxationSmeltSocialist from California  commented…2yrs2Y

True science is the ability to replicate something over and over getting the same result. Climate ‘science’ isn’t that.

It’s a bunch of predictions based on sketchy models that have never come true. Science is about proof, not belief.. ie people believe the earth is flat.

 @JackalKennedySocialist from Illinois  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Warmer oceans evaporates more water causing more clouds to cover more water and cooling it, plus eventually the clouds get full enough to rain cool rain from higher cooler elevations which also cools it, so there’s no climate warming. I think that’s more scientific than the other

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2yrs2Y

Knowing that we've temporarily exceeded the 1.5C global warming target set by the Paris climate agreement, how do you think countries should respond?

 @9LFJ65VGreen from Missouri  commented…2yrs2Y

I think the federal Gov should force businesses and manufacturers to switch to greener and we should try to lower the cost of greener options due to them being detrimental

 @9LFHP29 from Indiana  commented…2yrs2Y

We need to try to find ways to help end global warming

 @LovesickW3lfareNo Labels from Massachusetts  commented…2yrs2Y

Global warming is good! Stop spreading propaganda that it is a problem and a crisis!

 @DemocracyDaveSocialist from Massachusetts  commented…2yrs2Y

The notion of catastrophic anthropogenic climate change has always been a financial grift, political power grab, and cult religion.

 @XfactorInt3grityLibertarian from Georgia  commented…2yrs2Y

Maybe when the so-called experts stop using their personal private jets, or driving in long lines of limousines, & stop buying up so much oceanfeont property, we might start to listen when they claim “the public” is damaging the environment.

 @PuzzledDuckRepublican from Texas  commented…2yrs2Y

Is this Mars we're talking about now because the last 6 months have been cold and very, very wet.

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2yrs2Y

What personal changes are you willing to make to help combat the trend of rising global temperatures?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2yrs2Y

Does the idea that we might be experiencing a symptom of 'worse-than-expected planetary health' make you more concerned about climate change?

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