The temperature on Earth is breaking records. Sunday, July 21, was the warmest day in the world since records began, according to preliminary data from the European agency Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
The average global air temperature reached 17.09 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported. This is slightly higher than the previous record of 17.08 degrees Celsius, set in July last year. At that time, it was broken for four days in a row, from July 3 to 6.
The Copernicus agency reported that this is a record daily average temperature worldwide, according to data dating back to 1940.
As noted by the Reuters news agency, over the past week, heatwaves have continued across large areas from the United States through Europe to Russia and Japan.
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Over a year of records
In the middle of the month, it was reported that this year's June was the warmest June globally since records began. In addition, starting in June 2023, a total of Our planet has had record-breakingly warm months for 13 months in a rowJune this year was also the 12th month in a row in which temperatures were at least 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than in pre-industrial times (1850-1900).
The warmest year on record is 2023. According to scientists, due to the deepening climate change and the impact of the phenomenon El Nino to the rise in global temperatures, the current one may overtake it.
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