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Summer broke world records for heat for the second year in a row. This increases the chances that 2024 is the year will become the hottest for the entire history of observations.
This is stated in the bulletin of the European Climate Change Service Copernicus, reports CNN.
According to Copernicus, the period from June to August - summer in the Northern Hemisphere - was the hottest period in the world since observations began in 1940.
Summer temperatures were 0,69°C warmer than the 1991-2020 average. This is 0,03°C above the record set last summer.
In Europe, the heat between June and August was 1,54°C above the 1991-2020 average. The most extreme conditions were recorded in the Mediterranean region and eastern Europe, while the UK, Iceland, parts of Ireland, the west coast of Portugal and southern Norway were cooler than normal.
Scientists have warned that this is not the last record, as humans continue to extract planet-warming fossil fuels and raise global temperatures.
"For the last three months of 2024, the planet had the hottest June and August, the hottest day on record and the hottest boreal summer on record", said Copernicus Deputy Director Samantha Burgess.
It is noted that extreme heat was observed even in winter in the Southern Hemisphere. For example, last month Australia broke the national record for the hottest day in August at 41,6°C.
Copernicus also confirmed that the summer ended with the hottest August on record.
