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  "id": 431090,
  "title": "El Nino-driven sea surface temperatures reached hottest-ever in July",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/el-nino-driven-sea-surface-temperatures-reached-hottest-ever-in-july-431090",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-10T02:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
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    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/europe/2026/08/10/el-nino-driven-sea-surface-temperatures-reached-hottest-ever-in-july/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sea surface temperatures around the world have reached the highest level on record, owing in part to the El Nino effect, the EU’s climate change agency Copernicus has found. During the same month, prolonged hot and dry conditions in western Europe caused the intensification of extreme wildfires , which have so far this summer burnt more than 500,000 hectares in the EU – the worst year on record.…",
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        "title": "El Nino-driven sea surface temperatures reached hottest-ever in July",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/el-nino-driven-sea-surface-temperatures-reached-hottest-ever-in-july",
        "published": "2026-08-10T02:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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