Global average temperature for past 12 months highest on record at 1.56C above pre-industrial levels, data shows
Last month was the warmest February on record globally, making it the ninth month in a row with record temperatures for the time of year, scientists have said.
Global sea surface temperatures are also at their highest ever recorded, data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service shows.
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