Energy & Science
Europe Had Its Coldest April in Almost Two Decades
Temperatures dropped to the lowest since 2003, according to Copernicus
A worker mows a lawn that has been dusted with snow in Beamish, Durham, England following a cold weekend on April 12.
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Europe experienced its coldest April in almost two decades last month, another sign that global warming is changing our climate in unprecedented ways.
Global temperatures in April were about 0.2 degrees Celsius higher than the average between 1991 and 2020, Europe’s Earth observation agency Copernicus said in its monthly temperature report. Parts of northeastern Canada, northwestern Russia and the Middle East were much hotter than usual, the agency said.