Earth’s temperatures have been measured for 120,000 years.
The record hot summer months are likely to make this year the hottest in human history, estimates the European weather service Copernicus.
The previous heat record is from last year.
Copernicus’ statistics start from 1940, but studies have been carried out in the United States, Japan and Britain, where the average temperature of the Earth has been measured as far back as 120,000 years.
August of this year and last year were equally hot worldwide, the average temperature was a record 16.82 degrees. This year’s July was the first month in a long time when no new monthly heat record was set. Instead, June was so hot that it is enough to make the summer of 2025 the hottest on record, says the CEO of Copernicus Carlo Buontempo For the Guardian.
Source: AP