Every major global climate record was broken in 2023, the WMO said, expressing particular concern about ocean temperatures and ice melt.
The World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) annual State of the Global Climate report, released this March, said every major global climate record had been broken in 2023, and expressed particular concern about ocean temperatures and ice melt.
According to a report released on March 19, the average temperature in 2023 reached its highest level since records began 174 years ago. This figure is 1.45 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial period.
Other data also paint a grim picture for the global climate. Ocean temperatures, for example, were the warmest in the 65 years that such data has been collected. More than 90% of the ocean experienced heat waves last year, which are harming the global food system.
TB (according to VNA)