Posted on 7 April 2018 by John Hartz

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March is 3rd warmest on record, many contrasts

March 2018 was the third warmest on record, according to the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting Copernicus Climate Change service.

Although not as exceptional as the values for March 2016 and March 2017, it was in line with the upward trend of 0.18°C per decade seen in global temperature data from 1979 onwards, according to the monthly report.

March 2018 was colder than the 1981-2010 average over almost all of Europe. Only in the far north and over the far southeast of the continent was it warmer than average. Below average temperatures occurred over almost all of northern Russia and over the northern USA and southern Canada.

Within Europe, Spain had 163 mm of rainfall – more than three times the long-term average of 47 mm (1981-2000), making it one of the wettest months of March on record, according to the national meteorological service AEMET.

In France, Mediterranean regions saw two to four times more rain than average. For instance Province-Alpes, the Cote d’Azure and Corsica had the second wettest March after 2013, according to Météo-France. 

March is 3rd warmest on record, many contrasts, Media Release, World Meterologial Association (WMO), Apr 6, 2018

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Sun Apr 1, 2018

• New research, March 19-25, 2018 by Ari Jokimäki, Skeptical Science, Mar 30, 2018
• The Climate Change Hypocrisy Of Jet-Setting Academics, Opinion by Nives Dolšak and Aseem Prakash, HuffPost, Mar 31, 2018
• Science and religion coexist to make the world work by Said Ahmed-Zaid, Idaho Statesman, Mar 31, 2018
• Biggest Threat to Humanity? Climate Change, U.N. Chief Says by Somini Sengupta, Climate, New York Times, Mar 29, 2018
• How energy storage is starting to rewire the electricity industry by Eric Hittinger & Eric Williams, The Conversation US, Mar 22, 2018
• Why Saudi Arabia is trying to launch an utterly massive new solar project by Chris Mooney & Steve Mufson, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Mar 28, 2018
• French Nuclear Giant Gambles Big On Energy Storage by William Pentland, #PowerUp, Forbes, Mar 27, 2018
• Activists aren’t the only ones preaching about climate change. Some Pittsburgh congregations do, too. by Saima Sitwat, PublicSource, Mar 26, 2018

Mon Apr 2, 2018

• Drone footage shows impact of climate change off east coast of Newfoundland by Aalia Adam, Global News, Apr 1, 2018
• Why Don’t Governments Limit Oil Production to Meet Climate Targets? by James Wilt, DeSmog Canada, Mar 31, 2018
• ‘It's a Very Male-Dominated Space’: Welcome to the Sexist World of Brexit and Climate Science Denial by Christine Ottery, DeSmog UK, Mar 28, 2018
• EPA poised to scrap fuel economy targets that are key to curbing global warming — setting up clash with California by Evan Halper, Politics, Los Angeles Times, Mar 29, 2018
• Two degrees no longer seen as global warming guardrail, AFP/Channel News Asia, Apr 2, 2018
• 'Extreme' Changes Underway in Some of Antarctica’s Biggest Glaciers by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, Apr 2, 2018
• EPA to roll back car emissions standards, handing automakers a big win by Juliet Eilperin & Brady Dennis, Health & Science, Washington Post, Apr 2, 2018
• On climate change, zero-sum thinking doesn't work by Joseph Robertson, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Guardian, Apr 2, 2018

Tue Apr 3, 2018

• Thanks to Climate Disruption, Earth Is Already Losing Critical Biosphere Components by Dahr Jamail, Truthout, Apr 2, 2018
• Shipping faces demands to cut CO2 by Roger Harrabin, BBC News, Mar 31, 2018
• Wipeout: Human role in climate change removed from science report by Elizabeth Shogren, Reveal, Apr 2, 2018
• The EPA’s fuel standard rollback will hurt clean carmakers like Tesla by Umair Irfan, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 2, 2018
• We're on course for a permanently ice-free Arctic Ocean in the summer by Andrew Freedman, Science, Mashable, Apr 2, 2018
• Scientists examine threats to food security if we meet the Paris climate targets by John Abraham, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Environment, Guardian, Apr 3, 2018
• Climate fund Trump cut off ‘really had to succeed’, says its chief by Megan Darby, Climate Home News, Mar 29, 2018
• Trump administration moves on two fronts to challenge California environmental protections by Evan Halper & Joseph Tanfani, Los Angeles Times, Apr 2, 2018

Wed Apr 4, 2018

• Hot, dry start to 2018 set to continue for Sydney, much of NSW by Peter Hannam, Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 3, 2018
• Limiting warming to 1.5C could ‘substantially’ cut risk of ice-free Arctic summers by Daisy Dunne, Carbon Brief, Apr 2, 2018
• Limiting global warming to 1.5C would have ‘significant economic benefits’ by Jocelyn Timperley, Carbon Brief, Apr 3, 2018
• Half of Earth’s satellites restrict use of climate data by Mariel Borowitz, The Conversation US, Apr 3, 2018
• Fossil Fuels on Trial: Where the Major Climate Change Lawsuits Stand Today by David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, Apr 4, 2018
• Nearly a third of Canadians don't believe humans, industry 'mostly' cause climate change: poll by Peter Zimonjic, CBC News, Apr 4, 2018
• EPA to Roll Back Car-Efficiency Rules, Despite Science That Supports Them by Camille von Kaenel, E&E News/Scientific American, Apr 3, 2018
• Arctic lake's ecosystem changes after 1 degree of warming, study shows by Sara Frizzell, CBC News. Apr 4, 2018

Thu Apr 5, 2018

• Netherlands Group to Shell: Stop Wrecking the Climate, Or We Will Sue by Karen Savage, Climate Liability News, Apr 4, 2018
• Pakistan’s 114 degrees is just one of many all-time March records toppled in Asia by Angela Fritz, Capital Weather Gang, Washington Post, Apr 3, 2018
• Scientists say the Mississippi is flooding more than it has in 500 years — and we caused it by Chris Mooney, Energy & Environment, Washington Post, Apr 4, 2018
• Senegal city races to move families as sea swallows homes by Nellie Peyton, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Apr 3, 2018
• Shell Knew Fossil Fuels Created Climate Change Risks Back in 1980s, Internal Documents Show by John H Cushman Jr, InsideClimate News, Apr 5, 2018
• Scientists suggest a giant sunshade in the sky could solve global warming by Peter Beaumont, Global Development, Environment, Guardian, Apr 5, 2018
• American conservatives are still clueless about the 97% expert climate consensus by Dana Nuccitelli, Climate Consensus - the 97%, Environment, Guardian, Apr 5, 2018
• You don't have to be a climate science denier to join the Monash coal forum, but it helps, by Graham Readfearn, Planet Oz, Environment, Guardian, Apr 4, 2018

Fri Apr 6, 2018

• The simple argument for keeping nuclear power plants open by David Roberts, Energy & Environment, Vox, Apr 5, 2018
• Will a Huge New Flood Barrier Save Venice? by Marcello Rossi, City Lab, Apr 3, 2018
• Global solar capacity grew faster than fossil fuels in 2017, says report by Simon Evans, Carbon Brief, Apr 5, 2018
• Solar soars: Renewable energy, by the numbers by Douglas Fischer, The Daily Climate, Apr 6, 2018
• With climate change, fake news is old news, Opinion by Tom Lydon, The Hill, Apr 5, 2018
• Research suggests lonely plants on mountaintops are getting company, thanks to climate change by Martin Funucane, Science, Boston Globe, Apr 6, 2018
• Apple says repeal of U.S. EPA carbon plan would threaten investments by Timothy Gardner, Reuters, Apr 6, 2018
• Shipping’s Thick Fuel Oil Puts the Arctic at Risk. Could It Be Banned? by Sabrina Shankman, InsideClimate News, Apr 6, 2018

Sat Apr 7, 2018

• Majority of Australians support phasing out coal power by 2030, survey finds by Katharine Murphy, Mar 28, 2018
• What Mayors Want by Tanvi Misra, City Lab, Apr 5, 2018
• How I Talk to My Daughter About Climate Change by Michelle Nijhus, The Atlantic, Apr 5, 2018
• March is 3rd warmest on record, many contrasts, Media Release, World Meterologial Association (WMO), Apr 6, 2018
• Shell Grappled with Climate Change 20 Years Ago, Documents Show by Scott Waldman, E&E News/Scientific American, Apr 5, 2018
• IEA accused of undermining global shift from fossil fuels by Jonathan Watts, Environment, Guardian, Apr 5, 2018
• Trump's disregard for climate change is only natural by Amar Causevic, Egemen Bezci &amp Nicholas Borroz, Voices of Tomorrow, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Mar 28, 2018
• Tribalism put Scott Pruitt in power. It may not be enough to save him. by David Roberts. Energy & Envionment, Vox, Apr 7, 2018