July was the most popular month ever recorded on Earth, the European Union’s local weather observatory confirmed Tuesday.
Marked by heatwaves and fires all around the globe, the earlier month was 0.33 levels Celsius larger than the file set in July 2019 when the typical temperature was 16.63C (32 Fahrenheit), it mentioned.
“The month was 0.72C warmer than the 1991-2020 average for July,” it mentioned.
About 1.2 levels Celsius of world warming for the reason that late 1800s, pushed by the burning of fossil fuels, has made heatwaves hotter, longer and extra frequent, in addition to intensifying different climate extremes like storms and floods.
“Heatwaves were experienced in multiple regions of the Northern Hemisphere, including southern Europe. Well-above average temperatures occurred over several South American countries and around much of Antarctica,” the EU local weather observatory Copernicus mentioned.
“The global mean for 2023 is the third highest on record, at 0.43C relative to 1991-2020, compared with 0.49C for 2016 and 0.48C for 2020. The gap between 2023 and 2016 is expected to narrow in the coming months, as the latter months of 2016 were relatively cool… while the remainder of 2023 is expected to be relatively warm as the current El Nino event develops.”
Scientists had warned that July may hit a brand new file.
The world’s oceans additionally set a brand new temperature file, elevating considerations about knock-on results on the planet’s local weather, marine life and coastal communities.
The temperature of the oceans’ floor rose to twenty.96 levels Celsius (69.7 levels Fahrenheit) on July 30, in accordance with European Union local weather observatory information.
The earlier file was 20.95C in March 2016, a spokeswoman for Copernicus Climate Change Service earlier informed AFP.
The samples examined excluded polar areas.
‘DIRE CONSEQUENCES’
“We just witnessed global air temperatures and global ocean surface temperatures set new all-time records in July. These records have dire consequences for both people and the planet exposed to ever more frequent and intense extreme events,” mentioned Samantha Burgess, Deputy Director of the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.
“2023 is presently the third warmest yr to this point at 0.43C above the current common, with the typical world temperature in July at 1.5C above pre-industrial ranges.
“Even if this is only temporary, it shows the urgency for ambitious efforts to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, which are the main driver behind these records,” she mentioned.
Forest fires have ravaged swathes of Greece and burnt 30 million acres (12 million hectares) in Canada, whereas southern Europe, elements of North Africa, southern United States and pockets of China have been reeling beneath a punishing heatwave.
Deadly rains that pummelled China’s capital Beijing in current days have been the heaviest since information started 140 years in the past.
Carlo Buontempo, Director of Copernicus, had earlier mentioned the temperatures within the interval had been “remarkable”.
Beyond these official information, he mentioned proxy information for the local weather going again additional — like tree rings or ice cores — suggests the temperatures seen within the interval may very well be “unprecedented in our history in the last few thousand years”.
Possibly even longer “on the order of 100,000 years” he mentioned.
UN chief Antonio Guterres just lately put out an SOS name.
“Climate change is here. It is terrifying. And it is just the beginning,” mentioned Guterres, urging instant and daring motion to chop planet-heating emissions.
“The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr
