July 3 recorded World’s hottest day ever. According to information from the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction, July 3 (Monday) the hottest day ever observed on Earth.
As heatwaves sweltered across the globe, the average global temperature rose to 17.01 degrees Celsius (62.62 degrees Fahrenheit). Breaking the previous record of 16.92C (62.46F) set in August 2016.
Over the past few weeks, a severe heat dome has plagued the southern US. A persistent heat wave with temperatures above 35C (95F) continued in China. Temperatures in North Africa have been around 50 C (122 F).
Even Antarctica, which is currently experiencing winter, recorded unusually high temperatures. Recently, the Argentine Islands of the white continent’s Vernadsky Research Base in Ukraine broke. Its July temperature record with 8.7C (47.6F).
July 3 recorded World’s hottest day ever. Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at Imperial College London’s Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment in the United Kingdom, said. “This is not a milestone we should be celebrating.”
“It’s the end of the line for both ecosystems and people.” A developing El Nino pattern and climate change, according to scientists, are to blame.
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Zeke Hausfather, a research scientist at Berkeley Earth, said in a statement that “unfortunately, it promises to only be the first in a series of new records set this year as increasing emissions of [carbon dioxide] and greenhouse gases coupled with a growing El Nino event push temperatures to new highs.”