'The consequences of climate change have been seen for many years, they started before June 2023, and they won't end because this streak of records is ending.'
FILE - A sign reading "Extreme Heat Danger" warns visitors during a long-duration heat wave impacting much of the state on July 9, 2024, in Death Valley National Park, California. "Even if we are slightly below what we were a year ago, the global temperature is still at near record levels," said Julien Nicolas , a Copernicus climate scientist.
The El Nino weather pattern, which normally warms the Pacific Ocean, spurred the heat streak. Now that it's passing, temperatures are cooling just a bit. "We are still seeing at the moment as we speak is very high sea surface temperature or much above average sea surface temperature outside of the equatorial pacific. So, outside of the typical El Nino regions," said Nicolas.
Global temperatures average 62.4 degrees Fahrenheit in July, which is 1.2 degrees above the 30-year average. It was not enough to break the previous record.Climate change has driven severe weather events recently like flooding in South Africa and a fatal landslide in Indonesia."The consequences of climate change have been seen for many years, they started before June 2023, and they won't end because this streak of records is ending," said Nicholas.
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