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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJuly was world's hottest month on record, World Meteorological Organization says
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Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the latest data from the World Meteorological Organization shows that the month of July "at least equalled if not surpassed the hottest month in recorded history" and it followed the hottest June ever.
The UN chief told reporters Thursday that "this is even more significant because the previous hottest month, July 2016, occurred during one of the strongest El Niño's ever," which was not the case this year.
Guterres said this means the world is on track for the period from 2015 to 2019 "to be the five hottest years on record."
He warned that if all nations don't take action now to tackle climate change and global warming, extreme weather events happening now will be "just the tip of the iceberg."
The UN chief told reporters Thursday that "this is even more significant because the previous hottest month, July 2016, occurred during one of the strongest El Niño's ever," which was not the case this year.
Guterres said this means the world is on track for the period from 2015 to 2019 "to be the five hottest years on record."
He warned that if all nations don't take action now to tackle climate change and global warming, extreme weather events happening now will be "just the tip of the iceberg."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/july-hottest-month-1.5233368
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True Dough
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dem4decades
(11,304 posts)1. Making global warm warming great again. Thanks Trump.
BKDem
(1,733 posts)2. Yes, July was hot.
But it was a dry heat.
And Mar-a-Lago closes for the season anyway, so no problem.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)3. Until they tell us that August was the hottest month on record
I cannot remember when July was ever cooler than August, on average, unless a hurricane was involved.
durablend
(7,465 posts)4. Twittler sez
"FAKE NEWS FOLKS! WHEN IT SNOWS NEXT WEEK YOU'LL SEE!!! LOCK THEM ALL UP!!! MAGA!!!!"
roamer65
(36,747 posts)5. It was my highest electric bill ever.