Global heat record broken for 10th consecutive month

Year 2024 recorded the warmest March ever documented globally, marking the 10th month in a row to be the hottest on record, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service, reported Xinhua.

The average surface air temperature across the globe reached 14.14 degrees Celsius last month, surpassing the 1991-2020 March average by 0.73 degrees Celsius, Copernicus noted in a report released on Tuesday.