In April of this year, global temperatures continued to remain at record high levels, sustaining a trend of unusual heat that has engulfed the planet since at least two years ago, raising questions among the scientific community about the rates of accelerating climate change. On a global scale, April 2025 ranked second as one of the hottest months after April 2024, according to the European Space Agency's 'Copernicus', which is based on billions of measurements from satellites, meteorological stations, and other instruments.
'Copernicus' has recorded a series of record or nearly record temperature indicators since July 2023, meaning it has already been around two years. Since then, each month, with the exception of one, has recorded temperature levels no less than 1.5 degrees Celsius higher compared to the period prior to the industrial revolution (1850-1900).
However, many scientists expected that 2023 and 2024, which are the hottest years in the history of global observations, will be followed by periods of lower temperatures, as the warm period known as 'El Niño' fades away.
The director of the Institute of Climate Impact Research in Potsdam, Germany, Johan Rockström, stated: 'It is expected that by 2025, the temperature of this process will be slowed down, however, in the meantime, we are still in a phase of accelerated warming.' Samantha Burgess from the European Centre managing the 'Copernicus' observation noted that the past two years have been 'exceptional', adding that they 'remain within the bounds of what the climate models predicted for the current period, but we are approaching the preset level of this range.'
