August hottest month ever recorded globally, EU monitor announced
The EU climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest single month ever recorded globally and that summer in western Europe was the warmest it had measured.
August was the hottest single month ever recorded globally, according to the EU's climate monitor. The summer in western Europe was also the warmest on record.
The record was driven by a combination of climate change and the rising influence of El Niño, with temperatures for the month 1.65C above pre-industrial levels, surpassing the 1.5C threshold agreed by countries to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, as reported by BBC News.
The world's oceans also reached unprecedented highs, with record air temperatures and ocean heat, according to BBC News and Al-Monitor. The EU's climate service, Copernicus, described August as "a remarkable month in the global climate record", with its impacts being felt by communities, economies, and ecosystems worldwide, as quoted by BBC News.
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