Climate scientists say it's plausible that this is the warmest it has been in 120,000 years because of human-caused climate change.
, as countries around the world from Japan to Bolivia to the United States continue to feel the heat, according to the European climate change service.published by Copernicus on Wednesday shows that Monday was 0.06 degrees Celsius hotter than Sunday.Climate scientists say it's plausible that this is the warmest it has been in 120,000 years because of human-caused climate change.
“We are in an age where weather and climate records are frequently stretched beyond our tolerance levels, resulting in insurmountable loss of lives and livelihoods,” Roxy Mathew Koll, a climate scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology. Copernicus’ preliminary data shows the global average temperature Monday was 17.15 degrees Celsius . The previous record before this week was set just a year ago. Before last year, the previous recorded hottest day was in 2016 when average temperatures were at 16.8 degrees Celsius .
Copernicus records go back to 1940, but other measurements by the U.S. and U.K. governments began in 1880. Many scientists, taking those into consideration along with tree rings and ice cores, say last year's record highs were the, scientists say extreme temperature records would not be broken nearly as frequently as has happened in recent years.
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