{"id":103932,"date":"2025-05-08T14:07:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T09:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=103932"},"modified":"2025-05-08T14:07:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T09:07:49","slug":"global-temperatures-stuck-at-near-record-highs-in-april-eu-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/103932\/","title":{"rendered":"Global temperatures stuck at near-record highs in April: EU monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pakistan(National Times)- PARIS: Global temperatures were stuck at near-record highs in April, the EU&#8217;s climate monitor said on Thursday, extending an unprecedented heat streak and raising questions about how quickly the world might be warming. The extraordinary heat spell was expected to subside as warmer El Nino conditions faded last year, but temperatures have stubbornly remained at record or near-record levels well into this year. &#8220;And then comes 2025, when we should be settling back, and instead we are remaining at this accelerated step-change in warming,&#8221; said Johan Rockstrom, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. &#8220;And we seem to be stuck there. What this is caused (by) \u2014 what is explaining it \u2014 is not entirely resolved, but it\u2019s a very worrying sign,&#8221; he told\u00a0<em>AFP<\/em>. In its latest bulletin, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said that April was the second-hottest in its dataset, which draws on billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations. All but one of the last 22 months exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the warming limit enshrined in the Paris agreement, beyond which major and lasting climate and environmental changes become more likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Missed target<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many scientists believe this target is no longer attainable and will be crossed in a matter of years. A large study by dozens of pre-eminent climate scientists, which has not yet been peer reviewed, recently concluded that global warming reached 1.36\u00b0C in 2024. Copernicus puts the current figure at 1.39\u00b0C and projects 1.5\u00b0C could be reached in mid-2029 or sooner based on the warming trend over the last 30 years. &#8220;Now it\u2019s in four years\u2019 time. The reality is we will exceed 1.5 degrees,&#8221; said Samantha Burgess of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, which runs Copernicus. &#8220;The critical thing is to then not latch onto two degrees, but to focus on 1.51,&#8221; the climate scientist told\u00a0<em>AFP<\/em>. Julien Cattiaux, a climate scientist at the French research institute CNRS, said 1.5\u00b0C &#8220;would be beaten before 2030&#8221; but that was not a reason to give up. &#8220;It\u2019s true that the figures we\u2019re giving are alarming: the current rate of warming is high. They say every 10th of a degree counts, but right now, they\u2019re passing quickly,&#8221; he told\u00a0<em>AFP<\/em>. &#8220;Despite everything, we mustn\u2019t let that hinder action.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Exceptional\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scientists are unanimous that burning fossil fuels has largely driven long-term global warming that has made extreme weather disasters more frequent and intense. But they are less certain about what else might have contributed to this persistent heat event. Experts think changes in global cloud patterns, airborne pollution and Earth\u2019s ability to store carbon in natural sinks like forests and oceans, could be factors also contributing to the planet overheating. The surge pushed 2023 and then 2024 to become the hottest years on record, with 2025 tipped to be third. &#8220;The last two years&#8230; have been exceptional,&#8221; said Burgess. &#8220;They\u2019re still within the boundary \u2014 or the envelope \u2014 of what climate models predicted we could be in right now. But we\u2019re at the upper end of that envelope.&#8221; She said that &#8220;the current rate of warming has accelerated but whether that\u2019s true over the long term, I\u2019m not comfortable saying that&#8221;, adding that more data was needed. Copernicus records go back to 1940 but other sources of climate data \u2014 such as ice cores, tree rings and coral skeletons \u2014 allow scientists to expand their conclusions using evidence from much further into the past. Scientists say the current period is likely to be the warmest the Earth has been for the last 125,000 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan(National Times)- PARIS: Global temperatures were stuck at near-record highs in April, the EU&#8217;s climate monitor said on Thursday, extending an unprecedented heat streak and raising questions about how quickly the world might be warming. 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