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The Earth just experienced its hottest week on record, on the heels of a record-setting month in June, and more heat waves and record-breaking days are expected before summer ends.
After weeks of lobbying against the plan, the legislature still supported the general outlines of a European Commission bill in a razor-thin 324-312 vote with 12 abstentions.
Countries around the globe are seeing heavy rainfall and flooding, just days after a heat wave last week smashed global heat records.
Scientists warn this will become increasingly common with climate change.
Such an event could threaten the world’s food supply, cause price spikes and even lead to civil unrest, warns the paper’s lead author.
How remote sensing technology can help authorities detect fires early on, and even help them predict the areas most at risk of going up in flames.
This past June was the hottest June globally on record in terms of sea and air temperatures, according to a statement by the EU-backed Copernicus Climate Change Service.
When the heat spikes, humans suffer health effects — especially young and elderly people, who are vulnerable to heat even under normal conditions.
This average temperature may not seem that hot, but it’s the first time in the 44 years of this dataset that the temperature surpassed the 17-degree Celsius mark.
The global record is preliminary, pending approval from gold-standard climate measurement entities, but it’s an indication that climate change is reaching into uncharted territory.