Tenth consecutive monthly heat record alarms and confounds climate scientists | Climate crisis

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1. >Global surface temperatures in March were 0.1C higher than the previous record for the month, set in 2016, and 1.68C higher than the pre-industrial average.
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   >This is the 10th consecutive monthly record in a warming phase that has shattered all previous records. Over the past 12 months, average global temperatures have been 1.58C above pre-industrial levels.
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   >If the anomaly does not stabilise by August, ‘the world will be in uncharted territory’, says climate expert.

2. what scientists are surprised about this stuff? the oil company ones?

   we’ve known that an acceleration was on its way.