Scientists on Tuesday confirmed that last month was the hottest March on record, extending an extraordinary run of global heat that has renewed calls for an urgent reduction in planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
The record-breaking run stretches back to June last year.
"The global average temperature is the highest on record, with the past 12 months being 1.58°C above pre-industrial levels.
Chloe Brimicombe, a climate researcher at Austria's University of Graz, told CNBC that yet another month of record-breaking global heat was due to human-caused climate change.
"It could be one very long hot summer and not in a good way."
Persons:
Samantha Burgess, C3S, Chloe Brimicombe, We've, Brimicombe
Organizations:
Austria's University of Graz, CNBC, Southern Hemisphere
Locations:
Central Europe, Europe