2024-07-27 00:55:16
The European climate observatory Copernicus reported that the Monday, July 22 It was the most day warm on the planet since measurements began in 1940. This record surpassed the record set the previous day.
The data provided by Copernicus, using satellite technology to estimate air and sea temperatures in near real time, indicated that the medium temperature global of July 22, reached the 17.15°Cthat is, 0.06°C more than the previous day, which had already been recorded as the hottest day so far.
Previously, the observatory warned that this summer in the northern hemisphere would break records temperature diaries due to climate change, and warned that the planet would face a prolonged period of extreme temperatures.
Joyce Kimutai, a climatologist at Imperial College London, said the situation was progressing “exactly as climate science had predicted in a context of continued burning of coal, oil and gas”.
Kimutai stressed that extreme weather events “will continue worse until we stop burning fossil fuels and achieve ‘net zero emissions’.”
2023 was marked by record-breaking heat, while June 2024 became the hottest month on record, marking the 13th consecutive month to surpass record average temperatures. In light of the situation, Carlo Buontempo, Director of Copernicus, described such events as “particularly amazing.”
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2024-07-27 00:55:16