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If the observations for the next five years track the forecast that would make the decade from 2014 to 2023 the warmest run of years since records began. Today’s figures released by the Met Office include data from a number of sources including the latest publication of provisional figures for 2018
2024 is expected to be the warmest year on record, now almost certain to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for the first time. This follows on from the record-breaking 1.45°C in 2023, the previous warmest year on record. The major contribution to the warming is the increasing concentration
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or no overshoot. The build-up of CO₂ and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has already heated the climate to damaging levels. Professor Richard Betts, who leads the production of the forecast, said: “Last week, it was confirmed that 2024 was the warmest year on record, with annual average
Increased sunshine during May has helped to make it a provisional record-breaking May for daily maximum temperature and sunshine across the UK.
National Climate Information Centre, said: “Increased sunshine during the month has helped to keep daytime temperatures high, leading to it provisionally being the warmest May since records began in 1910. It is also likely to be the sunniest May since 1929 too.” Rainfall across the UK has only reached
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the 13th lowest on record for the time of year, while Antarctic sea ice extent remains exceptionally low, and has been at record low levels since late May. Dr Ed Blockley leads the Met Office’s Polar Climate Group. He said: “During the satellite era, scientists have been able to monitor the annual cycles
of Climate Variability Modelling. He said: “A typical El Niño temporarily adds about 0.2C to average global temperature. “This increase is dwarfed by the 1.2C that we have seen from climate change since the Industrial Revolution but added to that human-induced warming a new global temperature record
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