New data released on Thursday reveals March 2016 was the warmest since at least 1891 in the same month, which makes the Earth's 11th consecutive month to set a global temperature milestone.
The data was provided by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and a separate analysis using computer model data. Agencies like NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the UK Met Office, will also share their own analysis of March's temperatures to see if the figures may vary compared to the historical record.
According to Mashable, Scientists believe the cause of the record, is a combination of a record strong El Niño event in the tropical Pacific Ocean and the increasingly apparent effects of long-term human-caused global warming.
Mashable reports, scientists around the world are witnessing the effects of this global fever, which included the "third and longest-lasting global coral bleaching event, which is harming — and in some cases, killing — reefs from the Great Barrier Reef to the Florida Keys".
When a freak heat wave swept in recently in the Arctic, Greenland commenced its melt season more than a month early. Temperatures rose into the low 60s Fahrenheit in southwest Greenland, breaking records to the top of the ice sheet itself, more than 10,000 feet above sea level.
In March, JMA says the average surface temperature was 0.62 degrees Celsius above the 1981-2010 average. The month looks even more unusual, at 1.07 degrees Celsius,above average, when measured against the 20th-century average.
For climate scientists, while March's record is significant, it is the longer-term trends that matter most. Scientists believe global average surface temperatures rise die to greenhouse gas emissions from burning of fossil fuels.
The data was provided by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and a separate analysis using computer model data. Agencies like NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the UK Met Office, will also share their own analysis of March's temperatures to see if the figures may vary compared to the historical record.
According to Mashable, Scientists believe the cause of the record, is a combination of a record strong El Niño event in the tropical Pacific Ocean and the increasingly apparent effects of long-term human-caused global warming.
Mashable reports, scientists around the world are witnessing the effects of this global fever, which included the "third and longest-lasting global coral bleaching event, which is harming — and in some cases, killing — reefs from the Great Barrier Reef to the Florida Keys".
When a freak heat wave swept in recently in the Arctic, Greenland commenced its melt season more than a month early. Temperatures rose into the low 60s Fahrenheit in southwest Greenland, breaking records to the top of the ice sheet itself, more than 10,000 feet above sea level.
In March, JMA says the average surface temperature was 0.62 degrees Celsius above the 1981-2010 average. The month looks even more unusual, at 1.07 degrees Celsius,above average, when measured against the 20th-century average.
For climate scientists, while March's record is significant, it is the longer-term trends that matter most. Scientists believe global average surface temperatures rise die to greenhouse gas emissions from burning of fossil fuels.