This week the planet broke the record for its hottest day not once, not twice, but three times, according to climate analysts. Here's what experts say could come next.
Another factor is an exceptionally mild winter in the Antarctic. The continent's July temperature record was recently broken with a reading of 8.7C taken at Ukraine's Vernadsky Research base.Antarctica has experienced an exceptionally warm winter.Extreme heatwaves have been occuring with greater frequency and intensity over the past decade, Associate Professor Ailie Gallant of Monash University's School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment told SBS News.
This would bring a pattern of hot, dry conditions and likely record high temperatures in spring and possibly summer."We should really be talking about the progress that we're making on decarbonisation," he said. "We risk pushing the climate system into conditions that humans have never lived through before and in many ways we risk the habitability of large parts of the planet," Bradshaw said.
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