we start with a troubling landmark for the climate as 2023 smashes the record, for the world s hottest year ever recorded. european scientists say, that 2023 left the records tumbling like dominoes . the average global temperature in the past 12 months was 14.98 degrees. that beats the previous hottest year set in 2016 by 0.17 degrees. the announcement was made by the eu s climate change service. and the met office in the uk believes this record could be short lived, as their forecasts suggest 2024 could be even hotter. earlier, i spoke to our climate editor, justin rowlatt, who told me that record was broken by some margin. yeah, it is interesting, isn t it? the margin, as you say, was 0.17 celsius. you might say, well, that doesn t sound very much to me, but remember, this is a global average, an average across the entire globe day and night across the entire year, and normally scientists say they expect it to be broken by a tiny fraction of a degree, 0.01, 0.02, not
but from july onwards, the world began a remarkable and almost unbroken streak of daily air temperature records. 210 days set a new daily global temperature record, according to bbc analysis of the data from the eu climate organisation copernicus. the effects of these record temperatures have been devastating. wildfires raged across southern europe this summer. vegetation parched by heatwave and drought was tinder dry. many tourists and locals had to flee for shelter. the exceptional european heatwave was just one example of the impacts of the record global temperatures in 2023. 0ur climate is changing, and it s changing drastically, and not only is this recorded in record temperatures around the world but it s also recorded
when you dig into the figures, it s easy to see why so big. from july through to december, every single month was the hottest month ever recorded. we had more than 200 days that were the hottest days ever recorded. the sea temperature was even more dramatic. from april through to december it was the hottest sea surface temperature ever recorded. as you probably know, we switched into this el nino towards the end of the year, which means there s an extra kind of punch of heat from the ocean which actually goes on into this year. so, from 2023 into 2024, so in terms of temperature records, a really exceptional year. wildfires raged across southern europe this summer. vegetation parched by heatwave and drought was tinder dry. many tourists and locals had to flee for shelter. the exceptional european heatwave was just one example of the impacts
the head covering of muslim girls in schools. what a task ahead of him because he has to lead the government into the european parliament elections nextjune. they are getting a battering in the polls. he is addressing the media in paris, and we will bring you more on the story. european scientists say that 2023 left the records tumbling like dominoes , confirming it was the hottest year ever recorded. the average global temperature in the past 12 months was 14.89 degrees, which beats the previous hottest year set in 2016 by 0.17 degrees, according to the eu s climate change service copernicus. the met office in the uk believes this record could be short lived, as their forecasts suggest 2024 could be even hotter. wildfires raged across southern europe this summer. vegetation parched by heatwave