2024-07-11 12:15:29
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) indicated that June 2024 fIt was the hottest month on record worldwide, marking a new record in a series of 13 consecutive months of extreme temperatures.
Carlo Buontempo, director of services at C3S, described the period as “devastating” heat waves to floods which harmed the populations of Kenya, China and Brazil, as being more than “a statistical oddity and highlights a large and continuing change in our climate.”
“Even if this particular streak of extremes ends at some point, we are bound to see it break down. new records as the climate continues to warm,” he added.
However, Buontempo noted that high temperatures are “inevitable” as long as humanity adds heat-trapping gases to the atmosphere.
However, Julien Nicolas, a senior scientist at the agency, explained that the natural phenomenon of ‘The boy’ increased global temperatures, but stressed that it is not the only cause.
Nicolas also mentioned that record sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic, North Pacific and Indian Ocean contributed significantly to the increase in global temperatures.
In a year with different extreme weather events, the record was reached with phenomena that impacted regions such as India, United States and Mexico.
While the Torrential rainswhich are linked to global warming, caused severe flooding in Kenya, China, Brazil, Afghanistan, Russia and France.
In addition, forest fires devastated different areas in Greece and Canada. On the other hand, the hurricane Beryl It was the first Category Five hurricane in the Atlantic, inundating several Caribbean islands last week.
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2024-07-11 12:15:29