Climate change: July 'marginally' warmest month on record

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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49165476

Climate change: July 'marginally' warmest month on record

By Matt McGrath
Environment correspondent

2 August 2019

A preliminary analysis of global temperature data for July suggests it may have "marginally" become the warmest month on record. Figures from the first 29 days of a month in which many countries had heatwaves are "on a par" or slightly higher than a record set in July 2016. The assessment was carried out by researchers at the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).

Confirmation of a new record must await a full analysis is released on Monday.
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World wide warming

While July is traditionally the warmest month, this year has seen exceptional heatwaves strike Europe, the US and the Arctic.

New temperature records were set in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany as the mercury went above 40C in many places. A new UK heat record was set with 38.7C at Cambridge University's Botanic Garden.

In the US, millions of people were affected as temperatures soared along the East Coast and in the Midwest. Alaska saw a dramatic surge, with the heat smashing previous records in several cities. In Anchorage, the mercury stayed above 26C for six days in a row, doubling the previous record.
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1. Global warming and climate change is accelerating at an unbelievable rate.

Rome is burning folks and we need a political party that accepts IT exists, then will do something about IT!

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2. +1