July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, surpassing the previous record set in July 2019. The European Union's climate observatory warns of dire consequences as heatwaves and fires continue to ravage the world.
Marked by heatwaves and fires all around the world, the previous month was 0.33 degrees Celsius higher than the record set in"It has not been this warm, combining observational records and paleoclimate records, for the last 120,000 years," said Samantha Burgess, Deputy Director of the EU's Copernicus"The global average temperature for July 2023 is confirmed to be the highest on record for any month – the month is estimated to have been around 1.
About 1.2 degrees Celsius of global warming since the late 1800s, driven by the burning of fossil fuels, has made heatwaves hotter, longer and more frequent, as well as intensifying other weather extremes like storms and floods. "Heatwaves were experienced in multiple regions of the Northern Hemisphere, including southern Europe. Well-above average temperatures occurred over several South American countries and around much of Antarctica," according to the observatory.
"The global mean for 2023 is the third highest on record, at 0.43C relative to 1991-2020, compared with 0.49C for 2016 and 0.48C for 2020. The gap between 2023 and 2016 is expected to narrow in the coming months, as the latter months of 2016 were relatively cool… while the remainder of 2023 is expected to be relatively warm as the current El Nino event develops.
The temperature of the oceans' surface rose to 20.96 degrees Celsius on July 30, according to European Union climate observatory data.
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