Global heat record broken for 10th consecutive month in March
Earth’s worrisome warming trajectory continued unabated last month, with March marking the 10th month in a row that the planet has broken global heat records, international climate officials announced this week. With an average surface temperature of 57.45 degrees Fahrenheit, last month was warmer globally than any previous March on record, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. … There is a 62% chance that its cooler, drier counterpart, La Niña, will develop between June and August. That could be good news for temperatures but bad news for water supplies — at least in Southern California.