Hottest January on record shocks scientists

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Last month was the warmest January in the record, surprised scientists who expected the Cooling La Nina weather cycle to slow down the record-high temperature in the tropical Pacific region.

According to the EU Earth Earth Observation Agency Copernicus Climate Change Service-the third hotest month of the world is the third hotest month in the world-the air temperature above 13.23C-1.75C.

The issue of warming raised anxiety despite the rise of laina in December Climate change At a time when it is accelerated when countries like the world’s largest historical pollutors are pursuing the promise to reduce emissions.

Emeritus Professor Bill McGuier of UCL’s Geophysical and Climate Dangers says “January information was” both wonderful and openly horrible “, adding:” Based on Valencia Flood and Apocalyptic Los Angeles Wildfiers, I don’t think I could doubt that there is no doubt. The climate is still increasing.

Samantha Bergs, the European Center for Medium-Range, the strategic leadership of the climate in the weather forecast, which monitors Copernicus, said, “The record temperature continued for the last two years after the development of La Nina” was another amazing month.

Copernicus has found that Europe has experienced the second-larger January experience in Iceland, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Northern France and Scandinavia, despite the dignified temperatures.

The average sea surface temperature of the world was 20.78C, the second highest value of the record for the next month of January last year. Although the central equatorial Ocean has cooled, the temperature is “many other sea basins and the sea abnormally high”, scientists said.

Richard Alan, a professor of climate science at the UK Reading University, said, “Most of the global sea surface remains Warm Early in the early 2025, the result of Human-Size Warming. “

He also added that natural weather fluctuations in the week “may cause warm or cool conditions on the continental regions” which he said that “unexpected records contributed to global temperature in the beginning of 2021”.

Naturally occurring La Nina weather is usually seen at cool global temperatures, while the opposite El Nino warming level rises.

El Nino ended in May 2024, when Delayed weak lai nina condition According to the National Ocean and atmospheric administration, the equatorial Pacific emerged in December.

At the beginning of this week, James HansenIn the sixties, a scientist who listened to climate change said that despite La Nina this year, the same average temperature could turn into 2021.

Was last year HottestThe world average temperature is up to 1.5c rise above the pre-industrial level.

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