The data from this observatory, dating back to 1950, are among the most reliable and most used in the world, along with those from the American NOAA.
Posted on 6/7/2023 10:09 AM Updated on 6/7/2023 10:32 AM
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Smoke from wildfires covers buildings in the city of Toronto (Canada), seen from Lake Ontario, June 29, 2023. (CREATIVE TOUCH IMAGING LTD / NURPHOTO / AFP)
The summer of 2023 is beginning to take shape and is set to become an extraordinary summer in the annals of mankind. According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Observatory (C3S), the world experienced its hottest June on record. “June was the hottest month worldwide, just over 0.5 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 average, far surpassing the previous record set in June 2019,” said the observatory on Thursday, July 6, whose data from the Year 1950 these include the most reliable and widely used in the world with those of the American NOAA.
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According to Copernicus, the combined effects of global warming and the return of the El Niño phenomenon are causing ocean and land temperatures to reach unprecedented levels.
Although it is difficult to predict how the summer will unfold, since April temperature records have linked across the world from China to Spain across the Atlantic Ocean, providing the most direct sign of disruption to the climate. climate of the planet, with the disasters that stir it up in less predictable ways: forest fires, droughts, extreme rains, etc.
“Very high sea surface temperatures”
“The June 2023 record is largely due to very high temperatures on the sea surface,” which covers 70% of the Earth’s surface, C3S scientist Julien Nicolas told AFP. Due to the onset of the El Niño climate phenomenon, temperatures in the Pacific Ocean had already reached record levels in May. In June, on the other hand, the North Atlantic experienced marine heat waves “that surprised many people by reaching truly unprecedented proportions,” according to the C3S expert.
And the trend continues in July. Tuesday, July 4, was the hottest day on record worldwide, beating the record set the previous day, preliminary readings from a US meteorological observatory showed on Wednesday.
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