February marks 9th straight month of record-smashing global heat

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 08, 2024 12:03 am

PARIS: Last month was the warmest February on record globally, the ninth straight month of historic high temperatures across the planet as climate change steers the world into 'uncharted territory,' Europe's climate monitor said on Thursday.

The last year has seen an onslaught of storms, crop-withering drought and devastating fires, as human-caused climate change — intensified by the naturally occurring El Niño weather phenomenon — stoked warming to likely the hottest levels in over 100,000 years.

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