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  "id": 6722855,
  "title": "August Was World's Joint-Hottest Month On Record, Scientists Say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/august-was-worlds-joint-hottest-month-on-record-scientists-say",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-11T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/09/11/060244/august-was-worlds-joint-hottest-month-on-record-scientists-say"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from the BBC: August was the joint-hottest month ever recorded, tying with July 2023, according to the EU's climate service. The record was driven by a combination of climate change and the rising influence of El Nino, pushing heat into the atmosphere across the Pacific. Temperatures for the month were 1.65C above pre-industrial levels --…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Maverick",
        "title": "August was world’s joint-hottest month on record, scientists say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/august-was-worlds-joint-hottest-month-on-record-scientists-say",
        "published": "2026-09-10T03:16:25.000Z"
      }
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}