.NASA called the soaring heat 'part of a pattern of increasing global temperatures, as a result of human activities, mainly carbon dioxide emissions.'
NASA called the soaring heat"part of a pattern of increasing global temperatures, as a result of human activities, mainly carbon dioxide emissions."As people in much of North America, Europe, and Africa suffer sweltering heatwaves, a pair of U.S. government agencies that track and record weather joined international counterparts Thursday in confirming that last month was the hottest June ever recorded, based on global average temperature.
"For the third consecutive month, the global ocean surface temperature hit a record high as weak El Niño conditions that emerged in May continued to strengthen in June," NOAA added."Globally, June 2023 set a record for the highest monthly sea surface temperature anomaly of any month in NOAA's climate record."Conversely, NOAA said Thursday that global sea ice coverage receded last month to the lowest level in any June ever observed.
"This primarily was a result of the record-low sea ice in the Antarctic that occurred for the second consecutive month," the agency explained."Earth's global sea ice extent in June 2023 was 330,000 square miles less than the previous record low from June 2019."by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Goddard Institute for Space Studies said Thursday that last month was the hottest June in its record book, which dates back to 1880.
"This month is part of a pattern of increasing global temperatures, as a result of human activities, mainly carbon dioxide emissions," the agency said on Twitter.The U.S. announcements come after the United Nations World Meteorological Organization and the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service also
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