August 8, 2024
July 2024 becomes second warmest month ever ending 13-month record streak
People holding umbrellas in scorching heat. — Reuters/File The European Union’s climate change agency Copernicus on Thursday labeled July 2024 as the planet’s second warmest July on record, breaking a 13-month streak of every month being the warmest. Copernicus largely attributed the high temperatures to greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-based industries and noted that oceans normally unaffected by El Niño saw an unusual increase in temperature, Reuters mentionted. “This El Niño is over, but this magnitude of global temperature increases, the big picture is quite similar to where we were a year ago,” said Julien Nicolas, a Copernicus climate


