April 2024 was the 11th month in a row with record-breaking global temperatures, EU scientists said. It was also the first recorded April with a global average temperature of over 15 degrees Celsius, according to data from the EU climate change service Copernicus. According to Copernicus boss Carlo Buontempo, the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases “will keep pushing the global temperature towards new records.” The air temperature at the surface averaged 15.03 degrees Celsius in April, 0.67 degrees Celsius higher than the April average for the years 1991 to 2020, the service said on W…