“Hell’s summer of the century”: Biologist Mark Benecke warns of drastic climate impacts. “Nothing has ever been confronted with such a climate,” says Copernicus director.
Last month was the warmest February globally on record. On four days in a row, the global average temperature was two degrees above the pre-industrial average. The average temperature in February this year was 1.77 degrees warmer than the average between 1850 and 1900.