Last month was the world’s warmest February in modern times, the EU’s climate service says, extending the run of monthly records to nine in a row.

Each month since June 2023 has seen new temperature highs for the time of year.

The world’s sea surface is at its hottest on record, while Antarctic sea-ice has again reached extreme lows.

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    10 months ago

    The media has a problem with this kind of news: they tend to use stock photos of people having fun summer water-based activities. This is not the reality and the lack of freshwater that’s clean or potable is a distinct but connected crisis.