'The dog days of summer are not just barking, they are biting,' the U.N.'s Guterres says as 2023 marked as the hottest summer recorded by modern technology.
The globe just experienced its hottest summer on record. That means searing temperatures not only put portions of the population at risk right now, but rising global sea temps chipped away at Antarctic ice to compound worrisome issues in the future, like warming oceans that fuel hurricanes, and eroding coastlines.
August was about 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial averages. The translated to a record string of days without a break below 90 degrees F for Phoenix and hot and humid conditions above 100 degrees F over many days in areas of Texas, as well as a couple of hot spells in the U.S. Northeast. Extreme heat impacts the youngest and oldest in the population, people who are pregnant, and those with asthma or other underlying health conditions.
The 1.5 C mark is also significant because it’s the threshold that the world is trying not to pass as it embarks on climate-change policy, although scientists are more concerned about rises in temperatures over decades, not a few months’ change. In Europe, the hottest ever day in Catalunya, Spain, was recorded and highest-ever records of daily minimum temperature were broken in other parts of the country. In the U.S. parts of Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico tied their all time high, while parts of Arizona and the Cayman Islands marked their highest ever night time temperatures.
Antarctic sea ice extent remained at a record low level for the time of year, with a monthly value 12% below average, by far the largest negative anomaly for August since satellite observations began in the late 1970s, the report said. Arctic sea ice extent was 10% below average, but well above the record minimum of August 2012.A report in May from WMO and the U.K.
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