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  "id": 6611252,
  "title": "August hottest month ever recorded globally as huge El Nino emerges",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/august-hottest-month-ever-recorded-globally-as-huge-el-nino-emerges-6611252",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T16:47:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260911/august-hottest-month-ever-recorded-globally-as-huge-el-nino-emerges"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Paris - Europe's climate monitor reported on Thursday that August was the hottest month ever recorded globally, with an unprecedented El Nino pattern intensifying. Temperatures across land and sea reached all-time highs in August, setting a new record for the hottest single month ever observed. The Copernicus Climate Change Service noted that global average air temperatures in August stood at 16.96C, surpassing the previous record set in July 2023 by just 0.01C. The European Union's climate agency considered the two months to be tied for the highest temperatures, given the minimal difference.\n\nExperts warned that the situation is far more extreme when compared to historical contexts. Samantha Burgess from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, which oversees Copernicus, stated that humans have not witnessed temperatures as hot as today for at least the last 100,000 years. The United Nations climate chief, Simon Stiell, echoed these concerns, emphasizing the urgency of the evidence presented by the soaring global temperatures.",
  "summary": "PARIS — Europe's climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest month ever recorded around the world and warned of worse to come, as an unprecedented El Nino pattern grows stronger. Global temperatures over land and sea soared to all-time highs in August and capped an extreme summer of heatwaves and wildfires that ranked the hottest on record for western Europe and the contiguous…",
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        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "August hottest month ever recorded globally as huge El Nino emerges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/august-hottest-month-ever-recorded-globally-as-huge-el-nino-emerges-6599844",
        "published": "2026-09-10T02:30:29.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "August hottest month ever recorded globally as huge El Nino emerges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/august-hottest-month-ever-recorded-globally-as-huge-el-nino-emerges",
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      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "August hottest month ever recorded globally as huge El Niño emerges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/august-hottest-month-ever-recorded-globally-as-huge-el-nino-emerges-6600043",
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        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "August hottest month ever recorded globally as huge El Nino emerges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/august-hottest-month-ever-recorded-globally-as-huge-el-nino-emerges-6606082",
        "published": "2026-09-10T15:57:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "August hottest month ever recorded globally as huge El Nino emerges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/august-hottest-month-ever-recorded-globally-as-huge-el-nino-emerges-6613075",
        "published": "2026-09-10T17:17:02.000Z"
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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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