July 3 was the hottest day internationally at any time, according to environmental researchers, based on information from the US government’s National Center for Environmental Prediction. On July 3, the global average temperature reached 17.01 °C, surpassing the August 2016 record of 16.92 °C.
Monday’s temperature was about 0.8 degrees above the average for this time of year at the end of the 20th century, when human activity had already warmed global temperatures. According to Robert Rohde, chief scientist at Berkeley Earth, an American non-profit climate research organization, climate change is caused by fossil fuel burning and other human activities, as well as the emergence of the El Niño weather pattern, which led to record-breaking global temperatures. This observation has been confirmed by other scientists.
According to Rohde, the record could be broken once again in the coming weeks. The most recent IPCC report (A.2.2) shows that global temperatures have not been this high in 125,000 years. On July 3, a heat dome caused extremely high temperatures over large parts of Texas and the southern United States.
According to Climate Central’s analysis, human-caused climate change has increased the likelihood of such temperatures by at least five times. Canada’s wildfires continue to burn, which have already become the deadliest in the country’s history, destroying more than 8.4 million hectares – an area larger than the United Arab Emirates, which is hosting a climate conference this year. will host Smoke from the fires had an effect on air quality in many parts of the country and the United States.
In China, a prolonged heatwave hit, with temperatures exceeding 35 °C and flooding in many parts of the country. A quick assessment by Climate Central found that climate change was at least five times more likely to cause heatwaves. The nation announced on Sunday that the first half of 2023 saw the most days with temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius since records began in 1961, setting a new record.
As the heat wave continued, temperatures in North Africa reached 50 degrees, with climate change again playing a key role. Even though extreme ocean heat has put marine life at risk in the past weeks, sea temperatures remain consistently high around the British Isles and Nordic countries. However, they were few.
Despite the winter season in the Antarctic region, many stations recorded favorable temperatures, which also experienced extremely high temperatures. With 8.7 degrees, the Vernadsky station set a new July temperature record.
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