2023 Becomes The Hotst Year Of All Time

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JAKARTA - 2023 has been the hottest year of all time and this trend is likely to continue, the European Union Climate Change Agency Copernicus (C3S) said in a published report.

"With a global average temperature of 14.98 degrees Celsius, 2023 has replaced 2016 as the warmest calendar year ever recorded," the agency said.

C3S added every month from June to December 2023 is warmer than the same period in previous years."

July and August 2023 are the warmest two months ever recorded, the report reads.

2023 is the second warmest year in Europe, with an average temperature of 1.02 degrees Celsius higher than the average 1991-2020. The average temperature in 2023 is only 0.17 degrees Celsius, cooler than 2020 which was the warmest year ever recorded in Europe.

Temperatures in Europe are an average higher in 11 months during 2023, including September, the warmest September ever recorded.

Winter in Europe (December 2022 February 2023) is also the second warmest winter ever recorded.

The report also warned that the increase in greenhouse gas emissions caused the sea temperature to rise.

This creates significant impacts, even destroys marine ecosystems and biodiversity, and has an impact on society socially and economically.

"2023 was an incredible year with climate records falling successively like domino cards." said C3S Deputy Director Samantha thanks on X.

"The temperature in 2023 is likely to exceed the temperature in any period, at least in the last 100,000 years," saidAIL.

He added that 2023 is also the first year in history whose temperature is every day in a year exceeding 1 degree Celsius above the pre-industrial average temperature in 1850-1900.