After an exceptional summer, with the months of July and August being the hottest on record, it is now time for September to come full circle by becoming the most oppressive since records began. The average air temperature on the Earth’s surface has in fact reached 16.38°C, or 0.93°C above seasonal norms over the period 1991-2020, with a broken record of approximately 0.50°C.
According to the measurement system of the European agency Copernicus, the year 2023 should therefore, without much surprise, be the hottest in the history of climate research, with already an average around 1.4°C above that of the pre-industrial era over the first nine months. This observation leads experts to predict that the sacrosanct 1.5°C mark should be reached and exceeded by the years 2030-2035.
This summer, the global daily average temperature has touched 17°C on several occasions, something never seen before. All regions of the world are affected by these worrying temperature anomalies.