The European Copernicus Observatory announced on Friday that the summer of 2024 was the hottest ever recorded on the planet. This increases the probability that the year 2024 will also break a temperature record.
The summer of 2024 was the hottest ever recorded on the planet, where temperature records have been continuing unabated for over a year, with its procession of heatwaves, droughts and deadly floods fueled by relentless global warming.
From June to August, the three months of the northern hemisphere summer saw the highest global average temperature ever measured, already breaking the record set in 2023, the European Copernicus Observatory announced on Friday, September 6.
“The last three months have seen the planet’s hottest June and August, its hottest day, and its hottest northern hemisphere summer,” Samantha Burgess, deputy head of Copernicus’ Climate Change Service (C3S), warned in her monthly bulletin. “This string of records increases the likelihood that 2024 will be the hottest year on record,” again ahead of 2023, she added.
Countries including Spain, Japan, Australia (in winter) and China announced this week that they had measured historic heat levels for the month of August.
“The extreme events seen this summer will only intensify, with devastating consequences for people and the planet, unless we take urgent action to reduce greenhouse gases,” Burgess further warned.
With AFP
- FRANCE 24
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