PARIS: Earth had its joint second-warmest March on record with Antarctic sea ice shrinking to its second-lowest extent for that month, the EU’s climate monitoring agency said on Thursday. They were far warmer than average over much of North Africa, south-western Russia, Asia, north-eastern North America, South America, Australia and coastal Antarctica. Conversely, it was much colder than average over western and central North America, the agency said. Global warming is causing sea ice to decline and sea levels to rise, raising warnings that dangerous tipping points could be reached. In the north meanwhile, Arctic sea ice extent was 4pc below average and joint fourth lowest for March on record, though concentrations were above average in the Greenland Sea.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 07, 2023 02:04 UTC