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That was the hottest day in global history – researchers explain why
Watch the video: US scientists – climate change and El Niño make for the hottest day in global history.
According to US scientists, Monday, July 3, was the world’s hottest day on record. The average global temperature has reached 17.01 degrees Celsius, the US National Centers for Environmental Forecasting said on Tuesday. This surpassed the previous record of August 2016 with 16.92 degrees Celsius. According to the researchers, this new high is nothing to celebrate, but rather a clear threat to people and ecosystems. In the past few weeks, the southern United States, among other things, has suffered from intense heat. A heat wave also continued in China, with temperatures reaching over 35 degrees. Scientists have blamed climate change in connection with a currently emerging El Niño phenomenon for the development.
July 3 was the world’s hottest day on record. Scientists blame climate change in connection with a currently emerging El Niño phenomenon for the development.
According to US meteorologists, Monday was the hottest day in the world since records began. An average temperature of 17.01 degrees Celsius was measured on July 3, the US Oceanography and Weather Administration NOAA said on Tuesday. This surpassed the previous record of 16.92 degrees on July 24, 2022.
Monday’s record has yet to be confirmed by other measurements. However, it could soon be broken again when midsummer begins in the northern hemisphere. Global mean temperatures usually continue to rise until late July/early August. The global average temperature fluctuates between twelve and 17 degrees over the course of the year and averaged 16.2 degrees in early July between 1979 and 2000.
El Niño continues to heat up temperatures
At the beginning of June this year, the European earth observation program Copernicus measured the highest global average temperatures ever recorded in the period. The previous records had been surpassed to a “considerable extent”. The UK had its hottest June on record, Asia broke multiple temperature records and Mexico also experienced a severe heatwave.
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The great heat could only be a foretaste, as the incipient El Niño weather phenomenon could further increase the temperatures that are rising worldwide as a result of climate change. According to NOAA, El Niño could set “new temperature records” in some regions.