Earth’s Records 2nd Warmest March As Antarctic Ice Hits Record Low

Earth just had its joint second-warmest March on record as the Antarctic sea ice continued to shrink to reach its second-lowest extent for the month of March, the European Union’s climate monitoring agency reported.

Its report is based on computer-generated analyses using billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations worldwide.

It said temperatures were above average over southern and central Europe and below average over most of Northern Europe.

They were far warmer than average over much of North Africa, southwestern Russia, Asia, northeastern North America and South America, including drought-stricken Argentina, Australia and coastal Antarctica.

Conversely, the agency said it was much colder than average over western and central North America.

In the north, meanwhile, Arctic sea ice extent was 4% below average and joint fourth lowest for March on record, though concentrations were above average in the Greenland Sea.