March set a new record for global heat, with an average temperature of 14.14 degrees Celsius (57.9 degrees Fahrenheit).
The world is experiencing a heatwave that has lasted for 10 consecutive months.
This was the latest month to break the monthly record and was also 3 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than in the late 1800s.
The world is experiencing a heatwave that has lasted for 10 consecutive months, with March being the latest month to set a new monthly record for global heat. The European Union climate agency Copernicus said that March averaged 14.14 degrees Celsius (57.9 degrees Fahrenheit), exceeding the previous record from 2016 by a tenth of a degree and was 1.68 degrees C (3 degrees F) warmer than in the late 1800s.
March 2024 set a new monthly record for global heat with both air temperatures and the world's oceans hitting an all-time high for the month.
The European Union climate agency Copernicus said that March averaged 14.14 degrees Celsius (57.9 degrees Fahrenheit), exceeding the previous record from 2016 by a tenth of a degree and was 1.68 degrees C (3 degrees F) warmer than in the late 1800s.
Since last June, the globe has broken heat records each month with marine heat waves across large areas of the globe's oceans contributing to this trend.
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March averaged 14.14 degrees Celsius (57.9 degrees Fahrenheit), exceeding the previous record from 2016 by a tenth of a degree and was 1.68 degrees C (3 degrees F) warmer than in the late 1800s.
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The article is biased towards the idea that climate change caused by human activities is responsible for global warming. The author uses quotes from scientists to support this claim and presents it as a fact without providing any evidence or counterarguments.
> March 2024 averaged 14.14 degrees Celsius (57.9 degrees Fahrenheit), exceeding the previous record from 2016 by a tenth of a degree, according to Copernicus data.
The global average temperature is the highest on record
Extreme heat is made much more likely by climate change
Scientists have confirmed that last month was also a part of an extraordinary run of global heat that has renewed calls for an urgent reduction in planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions
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Since last June, the globe has broken heat records each month with marine heat waves across large areas of the globe's oceans contributing to this trend.
Climate scientists attribute most of the record heat to human-caused climate change from carbon dioxide and methane emissions produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
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The article contains several fallacies. The author uses an appeal to authority by citing the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and other experts as sources for their information. This is a form of informal fallacy because it implies that these sources are automatically trustworthy without providing any evidence or reasoning to support this claim. Additionally, the author uses inflammatory rhetoric by describing extreme heat as
The global average temperature in 2023 stood at 1.45 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels
One year could possibly be an extreme outlier but the data we are witnessing already in 2024 are pretty disturbing.
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The article is biased towards the idea that human-caused climate change is responsible for the extreme heat records being broken. The author uses quotes from scientists and researchers to support this claim without providing any counterarguments or alternative perspectives. Additionally, the language used in some of the sentences implies a sense of urgency and alarmism, which could be seen as biased.
Extreme heat is made much more likely by the climate crisis
One year could possibly, may be an extreme outlier but the data we are witnessing already in 2024 are pretty disturbing
Scientists on Tuesday confirmed that last month was the hottest March on record
The global average temperature is the highest on record
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Sam Meredith has a conflict of interest on the topics of global heat, climate change, greenhouse gas emissions and extreme weather events as he is an author for CNBC which is owned by Comcast. Additionally Samantha Burgess who wrote about European Union in relation to Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) also has a conflict of interest on this topic.
Sam Meredith writes for CNBC, which is owned by Comcast.
This is the tenth consecutive monthly heat record that has shattered all previous records.
Since last June, the globe has broken heat records each month with marine heat waves across large areas of the globe's oceans contributing to this trend.
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The tenth consecutive monthly heat record that has shattered all previous records.
March 2024 set a new monthly record for global heat with both air temperatures and the world's oceans hitting an all-time high for the month.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, it presents the idea that global warming is a recent phenomenon when in fact it has been occurring for decades. Secondly, the article suggests that climate scientists are scratching their heads and hoping this heat wave will end soon when they should be acknowledging that this trend could continue on a decadal scale. Thirdly, the article presents several plausible causes of global warming but fails to mention human activity as one of them. Lastly, the article quotes Michael E Mann saying that current trends are expected given continuing emissions which is not entirely accurate.
The sentence 'Global surface temperatures in March were 0.1C higher than the previous record for the month, set in 2016,' implies that global warming has only been occurring recently when it has actually been happening for decades.
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The article contains several fallacies. The author uses an appeal to authority by citing the opinions of climate scientists without providing any evidence or context for their beliefs. This is a form of informal fallacy as it relies on the credibility of the source rather than presenting evidence to support their claims. Additionally, there are examples throughout the article where dichotomous depictions are used to present information in black and white terms, such as
The planet has been warming at a pace of 0.3C per decade over the past 15 years
Global temperature anomalies chart Gavin Schmidt noted that temperature records are being broken each month by up to 0.2C.
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The article contains several examples of bias. The author uses language that dehumanizes climate scientists by implying they are scratching their heads and hoping for a hangover rather than acknowledging the severity of the situation. This is an example of religious bias as it implies that climate change is not real or natural, but instead something to be hoped for. Additionally, there are several examples where the author uses language that demonizes fossil fuel companies by implying they are responsible for this crisis and should abandon their practices.
The article contains several examples of bias. The author uses language that dehumanizes climate scientists
This is an example of religious bias as it implies that climate change is not real or natural, but instead something to be hoped for.
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Jonathan Watts has a financial stake in fossil fuel emissions as he is an employee of the UK Met Office which receives funding from the government to monitor and report on climate change. He also reports on NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies which conducts research into climate change.
Jonathan Watts, a reporter at The Guardian, has been covering global heat records for years. In his latest article, he writes that the tenth consecutive monthly heat record in Australia alarms and confounds climate scientists.
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Jonathan Watts has a conflict of interest on the topic of global heat record as he is an author for The Guardian which is known to have a liberal stance on climate change. He also mentions Copernicus Climate Change Service and Paris climate agreement in his article but does not disclose any conflicts of interest related to these topics.
March 2024 set a new monthly record for global heat with both air temperatures and the world's oceans hitting an all-time high for the month.
The European Union climate agency Copernicus said that March averaged 14.14 degrees Celsius (57.9 degrees Fahrenheit), exceeding the previous record from 2016 by a tenth of a degree and was 1.68 degrees C (3 degrees F) warmer than in the late 1800s.
Since last June, the globe has broken heat records each month with marine heat waves across large areas of the globe's oceans contributing to this trend.
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The article is deceptive in several ways. Firstly, the author claims that Earth set a new monthly record for global heat in March 2024 when it actually exceeded the previous record from 2016 by only a tenth of a degree. This implies that there was no significant increase in temperature compared to previous months, which is not true according to Copernicus data. Secondly, the author states that since last June, the globe has broken heat records each month when in fact it has been breaking them for 10 consecutive months starting from March 2023. This contradicts the statement made by Woodwell Climate Research Center scientist Jennifer Francis who said that with El Nino waning, the margins by which global average temperatures are surpassed each month should go down. Lastly, the author claims that climate scientists attribute most of the record heat to human-caused climate change from carbon dioxide and methane emissions produced by burning fossil fuels when in fact they have attributed it to both natural and anthropogenic factors.
The article states that Earth set a new monthly record for global heat in March 2024, but Copernicus data shows that it exceeded the previous record from 2016 by only a tenth of a degree. This implies no significant increase in temperature compared to previous months.
The author claims that since last June, the globe has broken heat records each month when in fact it has been breaking them for 10 consecutive months starting from March 2023.
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The article contains several fallacies. The author uses an appeal to authority by citing the European Union climate agency Copernicus as a source for their information. This is not enough evidence to support the claim that Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat. Additionally, the author uses inflammatory rhetoric when they describe the combination of El Nino and non-natural marine heat waves as making these records so breathtaking. The use of this phrase creates an emotional response rather than providing evidence to support their claim. Finally, there is a lack of context for why Copernicus' temperature data is monthly and uses a slightly different measurement system than the Paris threshold.
Copernicus says March 2024 averaged 14.14 degrees Celsius (57.9 degrees Fahrenheit), exceeding the previous record from 2016 by a tenth of a degree, according to Copernicus data.
The author uses inflammatory rhetoric when they describe the combination of El Nino and non-natural marine heat waves as making these records so breathtaking.
