Last month was the warmest February on record globally, making it the ninth month in a row with record temperatures for the time of year, scientists have said.Global sea surface temperatures are also at their highest ever recorded, data from the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service shows.The data shows February was 1.77C warmer than the pre-industrial average for the month, from 1850-1900, and 0.81C above 1991-2020 levels.And the global average temperature for the past 12 months - between Marc

Last month was the warmest February on record globally, making it the ninth month in a row with record temperatures for the time of year, scientists have said.Global sea surface temperatures are also at their highest ever recorded, data from the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service shows.The data shows February was 1.77C warmer than the pre-industrial average for the month, from 1850-1900, and 0.81C above 1991-2020 levels.And the global average temperature for the past 12 months - between March 2023 and February 2024 - is the highest on record at 1.56C above pre-industrial levels.That puts the world temporarily above the 1.5C threshold beyond which, over the long term, the worst impacts of climate change are expected.