{
  "id": 708915,
  "title": "Earth registers second-hottest July on record: UN agency",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/earth-registers-second-hottest-july-on-record-un-agency",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T22:19:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1537790/earth-registers-second-hottest-july-on-record-un-agency/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "July 2026 tied with 2024 as the second-warmest globally (behind 2023), with average temperatures 1.47°C above pre-industrial levels and the highest ocean surface temperatures ever recorded for the month, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a Geneva-based UN agency. The heat is still on in August. Although this month marks the height of the […]",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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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."
}