The link between c02 and rising temperatures is well established and this year Global Temperatures got an extra boost thanks to el nino, which brings warmer water to the surface of parts of the tropical pacific. That explains why february was 1. 77 degrees warmer than preindustrial temperatures, and why global average temperatures hit a record 1. 55 degrees above preindustrial levels over the last 12 months. It means we have temporarily at least breached the 1. 5 degrees threshold the world agreed to try and limit temperature rise to, to avoid the worst impacts of Climate Change. February 2024 was the warmest february on record globally, with an average temperature of 13. 54 degrees, above the 1991 2020 temperature. While this is remarkable, because, for instance, it is a tenth of a degree warmer than the warmest previous february, which was 2016, its not really surprising, because this has been the el nino year, where temperatures tend to be warmer than usual, and more importantly, we
Dutch side ajax at home to aston villa. Villa manager unai emery aiming to add the Europa Conference League to his four Europa League titles with sevilla and villarreal. India ended day one of the fifth test in dharamshala on top after england won the toss and elected to bat. England started brightly, with Opener Zak Crawley Making 79 taking his total runs in the series to over 400, before he became one of five wickets for kuldeep yadav. He also took the scalp Ofjonny Bairstow on his 100th test, out for a rapid 29 off 18 balls. Ravichandran ashwin also playing in his 100th test took the remaining four wickets, as england slumped to 218 all out. In reply, india reached stumps on 135 1, Trailing Byjust 83. Captain rohit sharma with an unbeaten half century so far. England do have the wicket of danger man yashasvi jaiswal, but not before he made his 50 to become the fastest indian batter to score 1,000 test runs. India, remember, with that unassailable 3 1 series lead. A disappointing day