MOSCOW, August 8 July 2023 was the hottest month on record, Agence France-Presse reports, citing data from the European Union's Earth observation program Copernicus.
“We have just witnessed how global air and ocean surface temperatures set new historical records in July. These records are detrimental to both people and the planet,” said Samantha Burgess, deputy director of Copernicus, France Presse.
July 2023 was 0.33 degrees Celsius warmer than July 2019, when the previous record for the average temperature was set at 16.63 degrees Celsius, according to new data. In addition, the average global temperature in July this year was 0.72 degrees Celsius warmer than the average July temperature from 1991 to 2020.
Earlier, Copernicus reported that the surface temperature of the world's oceans broke a record, reaching a value of 20.96 degrees Celsius on Friday, August 4.
Earlier, the UN World Meteorological Organization published a forecast according to which global temperatures could reach record high levels over the next five years. This will be facilitated by the anthropogenic factor, that is, greenhouse gases, and natural circumstances — the change in the phases of ocean currents from La Niña to El Niño. The change in the phases of ocean currents will affect not only the average temperature on the planet, but also the precipitation pattern.