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The past July became the hottest month on Earth in the entire history of observations, conducted over 142 years. This was announced on Friday, July 13, by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

According to him, the average temperature on the surface of land and ocean in July 2021 exceeded the average of the 20th century by 0.93 degrees.

As noted in the NOAA, the hottest this July was in Asia, as well as in the Americas and Africa. In Europe, it was the second hottest July on record.

Previously, July 2016 was considered the hottest month, the recorded indicators then differ from the current ones by only 0.01 degrees.

The new record is another step on the “disturbing and destructive path” of global climate change, said NOAA chief Rick Spinrad.

At the same time, the European Observation Center for Climate Change Copernicus rated the past July as the third hottest month in history. However, data discrepancies between different climate services are not uncommon.

According to the first part of a report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published last week, the Earth is warming faster than previously thought and will be 1.5 degrees warmer by 2030 than it was in the pre-industrial era. Policymakers and organizations around the world called the report a wake-up call and called for a much more ambitious effort to tackle climate change. Spinrad called the report “sobering.” According to him, the document “unequivocally” proves that “climate change is caused by human influence.”

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