The average global temperature hit a crucial threshold that scientists have warned the world should stay under.
- July’s sweltering heat offers a glimpse of what future summers might look like.
That is because the average global temperature hit a crucial threshold that scientists have warned the world should stay under.Scientists have considered that threshold as the key tipping point for the planet. If it is exceeded in the long-term, the world could face more extreme weather than previously experienced.
According to an environmental non-profit, there have been 10 other months that the Earth was above the threshold. But this is the first time it has happened during the summer.
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