Soaring temperatures. Unusually hot oceans. Record high levels of carbon pollution in the atmosphere and record low levels of Antarctic ice.
Soaring winter temperatures. Unusually warm oceans. Heavy rainfall drenching and displacing communities. Low snow cover in North America and record low levels of Antarctic sea ice. If last month being the planet’s hottest February — the ninth month in a row that a monthly record tumbled — failed to resonate, a new map from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows all the ways the extreme warmth translated to impacts around the world.
In Antarctica, one of the coldest places on Earth, sea ice was second-lowest on record, tied for 2022, as scientists worry the climate crisis is having a stronger impact on this isolated region. The Northern Hemisphere also experienced an unusually warm winter.
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