February was the ninth month in a row to set record-high global temperatures, EU scientists said on Thursday. The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said the world had its warmest February on record last month. The surface air temperature averaged 13.54 degrees Celsius, which was 0.81 degrees above the average for the previous 30 years. It was also 0.12 degrees higher than the previous warmest February ever measured in 2016. Much-above average temperatures were experienced in Central and Eastern Europe, northern Siberia, central and north-west North America, the majority of South America, …