This July is on course to be the hottest month in 120,000 years
Weather experts predict that this month will be the hottest on record - and possibly the hottest in the last 120,000 years.
These three weeks have been not only the hottest such period on record, but its average 16.95C temperature has beaten July's previous monthly all-time high of 16.63C recorded in 2019. Because of this, scientists are "virtually certain" that the month's record will be topped this year. It is still too early to know how many people have died as a result of the extreme heat experienced across large parts of North America, Asia and Europe, but it is probably thousands, said Dr Friederike Otto, a climate scientist from Imperial College London.
Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said: “Record-breaking temperatures are part of the trend of drastic increases in global temperatures. Anthropogenic emissions are ultimately the main driver of these rising temperatures.” Top Trending Stories Today “The need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is more urgent than ever before. Climate action is not a luxury but a must.”
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