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The world is seeing frequent record-shattering heatwaves and wildfires, and the warming climate is now destroying lives across both hemispheres. While we understand some of the impacts it’ll have on temperatures, in truth we’re flying blind: we just have to hope the overall global warming process isn’t accelerating faster than predicted. So let’s take a look at some of the latest heatwave record-breakers, the ever-more-frequent events that are making it increasingly important to stay cool.
July 2023 was the hottest month in human history
July 2023 was tipped as the hottest month in human history, but it could easily become the average July within as little as ten years. Climate scientists say recent events are just the tip of the iceberg, with today’s extreme heatwaves a drop in the ocean compared to what’s coming not far down the line.
Heatwave experts say it how it is
One heatwave expert, Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick at the University of New South Wales, says she’s not surprised most of the northern hemisphere had such severe heatwaves over the summer, but she was surprised by their intensity, which hints we could be reaching record-breaking extremes much sooner than expected.
Heatwave problems across the EU, USA, China, South America
130 million people across 22 states in the USA are under alert as a monster heatwave carries on, with 100 degree temperatures the norm and warnings about ‘brutal’ levels of humidity. In Texas electricity prices have soared by 6000% as people turn their aircon on full-blast.
Italy has reported its hottest day in 260 years. France has set new heatwave records. Switzerland is suffering a late summer heatwave with record-busting highs. And the Czech Republic is experiencing unseasonal record highs as well.
South America is sweltering under a horror of a heatwave, hinting that winter might actually be disappearing, and Beijing recently had its hottest June day in 60 years. In Brazil freak winter temperatures have hit 41 degrees, another record-breaker. There’s been a deadly heatwave in Jordan. Canada is struggling. And Greece has suffered terribly from heat-led wildfires, as well as the Canary island of Tenerife.
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