London [UK], May 9: Last month was the second hottest April on record with world temperatures remaining above the key 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold for global warming, scientists have said.
April 2025 was 0.6 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 average for the month and 1.51 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). This makes it the 21st month in the last 22 months for which the global average surface air temperature was more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level.
The analysis, which used billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations around the world, also found the last 12-month period, from May 2024 to April 2025, was 1.58 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level, the estimated 1850-1900 level which is used to define the pre-industrial era.
It comes despite the emergence of the "La Nina" pattern in the Pacific which temporarily cools global temperatures. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune
