Last month was the hottest July on record, with abnormally high temperatures recorded on both land and sea, the European Union's Copernicus climate change panel said on Tuesday.
This year has been the third-warmest year to date, Copernicus deputy head Samantha Burgess said.A man checks his phone as he stands near a fan to cool off during a heatwave across Italy, in Rome, July 14, 2023. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
"We just witnessed global air temperatures and global ocean surface temperatures set new all-time records in July," she said. "It shows the urgency for ambitious efforts to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, which are the main driver behind these records."had also smashed through the previous temperature record for that month, according to Copernicus, which bases its calculations on a dataset going back to 1950.
Sweltering temperatures have affected considerable swathes of the planet, with heat records registered from Death Valley in the U.S. state of California to a northwest China township as Canada and southern Europe battle wildfires.
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