The hot July produced extremist mothers in different parts of the world. The record was secured by the EU’s Copernicus service.
July this year was the hottest month in the entire time that reliable weather statistics have been kept. The following about EU climate change tells about this Copernicus service.
The average temperature of the earth’s air was 16.95 degrees Celsius. The difference from the July 2019 record was 0.33 degrees.
The exceptionally hot July has been influenced by the fact that the surface temperature of the seas has been much higher than usual. The seas have been record hot since April.
Human-caused climate change is increasing the average temperature of the earth.
It has also made heat waves hotter, longer and more frequent. In addition, other extreme weather phenomena, such as storms and floods, are stronger than before.
– The extreme weather that has affected millions of people in July is unfortunately the unpleasant reality of climate change and a foretaste of what is to come. The need to reduce greenhouse gases is more urgent than ever. Climate action is not a luxury but a necessity, comments the Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization Petteri Taalas In Copernicus’ bulletin.
In July, extreme heat waves were experienced in, for example, the Mediterranean region, the United States and China. Fierce wildfires burned in Greece, Italy and Canada.
Leader of Copernicus Carlo Buontempo estimates that the end of the year will also probably be hotter than usual. June was already the hottest June in the history of measurements.
The 29 hottest days in history were measured in July
According to the Copernicus service, July broke many other records.
All days of the month from July 3rd were hotter than any previous day in recorded history. The hottest day was July 6, when the average global air temperature was 17.08 degrees.
Heat records were set in many countries. For example, in China, the hottest day in history was measured, when the temperature in the city of Turpan in Xinjiang rose to 52.2 degrees on July 16.
In the first and third week of July, the global average temperature was momentarily more than 1.5 degrees Celsius hotter than in the pre-industrial era. In the Paris climate agreement, the countries of the world have committed to keep the average temperature permanently below this threshold.
Source: STT-AFP