Climate change: 'Uncharted territory' fears after record hot March - BBC News

Monthly hot streak continues in March with scientists struggling to explain the scale of recent heating.

12 hours agocommentsCommentsShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsClimateImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Several parts of India have reported heatwave conditions in recent weeksBy Matt McGrath & Mark PoyntingBBC News Climate & ScienceClimate change could move "into uncharted territory" if temperatures don't fall by the end of the year, a leading scientist has told the BBC.

The warning came as data showed last month was the world's warmest March on record, extending the run of monthly temperature records to 10 in a row.

It's fuelled concerns among some that the world could be tipping into a new phase of even faster climate change.

A weather system called El Niño is behind some of the recent heat.

Temperatures should temporarily come down after El Niño peters out in coming months, but some scientists are worried they might not.

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