Scientists with the European Union's climate service announced on Friday that Earth experienced its hottest summer on record for the second consecutive year in 2024. Unprecedented and deadly heatwaves scorched large parts of the planet, intensifying calls for large-scale policy changes to phase out fossil fuels.
Scientists with the European Union's climate service said Friday that Earth experienced its hottest summer on record for the second consecutive year in 2024 as unprecedented and deadly heatwaves scorched large swaths of the planet, intensifying the urgency of large-scale policy changes to phase out the fossil fuels that are driving temperatures to alarming new heights.
But The Washington Post's Sarah Kaplan noted that the consequences of the record-shattering summer heat 'were felt by people on every continent, from world-class athletes competing in the Paris Olympics to refugees fleeing from wars.' She continued: Wildfires fueled by heat and drought raged through the Brazilian Pantanal, a vital wetland known to store vast amounts of carbon. A turbocharged monsoon triggered landslides that killed hundreds of people in India's Kerala state.
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