- Last month tied with July 2020, becoming the third hottest in the world on record.
- Last month, many regions were plagued by extreme weather events-this is consistent with the consensus of scientists that global warming makes heat waves more likely.
- Record high temperatures in the United States and Canada caused hundreds of deaths and caused wildfires.
European Union scientists said on Thursday that last month was one of the hottest July in the world on record, second only to 2019 and 2016, when the region from Finland to the United States experienced abnormally high temperatures.
This is the latest milestone in the long-term warming trend, as greenhouse gas emissions have changed the Earth’s climate, and the past seven years have been the hottest years on record in the world.
“When we look at the global temperature, we find that it fluctuates year after year or even month after year,” Freja Vamborg, a senior scientist at the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, told Reuters.
“But in the end, the underlying phenomenon we see is a warming trend in the world and in most parts of the world.”
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Copernicus said that last month was tied with July 2020, becoming the world’s third hottest weather on record, second only to July 2019 and July 2016. This was the second hottest July in Europe on record, second only to 2010.
Copernicus’s records date back to 1950, but are cross-checked with other data sets dating back to the mid-19th century.
Last month, many regions were plagued by extreme weather events-which is consistent with the consensus of scientists that global warming is making heat waves more likely and worse, and hotter planets will cause more rainfall.
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Record-breaking high temperatures in the United States and Canada since June caused hundreds of deaths and caused wildfires. In China, Belgium and Germany, extreme rains caused deadly floods.
Copernicus said Australia’s tropical north had its highest daily maximum temperature last month, while temperatures in North Africa were “almost everywhere” above normal.
Temperatures in some areas are slightly below average, including parts of Germany and Russia.
Ralph Toumi, co-director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College London, said that given the long-term pattern of temperature rise, the recent record high temperature outbreak is not surprising.
“This is the casino we have been playing, we just choose high numbers again and again,” he said.
