Scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York say the summer of 2023 was the hottest on Earth since global records began in 1880.
June, July and August together were 0.23°C warmer than any other summer in NASA records, and 1.2°C hotter than the average temperature of the summer months between 1951 and 1980.
— The new record comes as extreme heat grips much of the world, intensifying deadly wildfires in Canada and Hawaii, heat waves in South America, Japan, Europe and the US, and likely causing heavy downpours in Italy, Greece and Central Europe, — scientists say.
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NASA notes that the consequences of climate change are a threat to the planet and future generations.
By the way, meteorological summer continues in Ukraine, although it is already mid-September.
According to forecasters, such warm weather will last for at least 10 days, the first colder temperatures are expected after September 25.
