Last June was the hottest month on Earth since temperatures began to be recorded

Arab Weather - The European Union climate change monitoring agency said on Monday that last month was the hottest June on record and the series of exceptional temperatures continues, putting 2024 on track to become the hottest year in history, some scientists say.

Unprecedented heat series

The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Agency reported in its monthly bulletin that every month since June 2023 , for 13 months in a row, has been classified as the hottest since records began compared to similar months in previous years.

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Expectations that 2024 will be the hottest

The latest data suggests that 2024 could overtake 2023 as the hottest year since records began, due to human-induced climate change and the El Niño weather phenomenon, which has caused temperatures to rise to record levels this year, some scientists said.

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Serious consequences of climate change

Climate change has already led to catastrophic consequences around the world in 2024 with more than a thousand people dead; Due to the extreme heat during the Hajj pilgrimage last month, heat-related deaths were also recorded in New Delhi, which suffered an unprecedented long heat wave, and among tourists in Greece.

• El Niño phenomenon and its impact

Frederik Otto, a climate scientist at the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London, said there was a "good chance" that 2024 could become the hottest year on record. She added that El Niño was natural and would always come and go, but she stressed that stopping the burning of oil, gas and coal could reduce From the effects of climate change.

• The main causes of climate change

The natural phenomenon of El Niño , which warms surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean, raises average global temperatures and with this effect waning in the past few months, the world is expected to enter cooler “La Nina” conditions later this year. Greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels remain the primary cause of climate change, and despite promises to limit global warming, countries have so far collectively failed to reduce these emissions, causing temperatures to rise dramatically for decades.

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Sources:

Reuters