Elysee Barakett is a health intern at NBC News.
Sunday was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth, according to data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. The average global temperature reached 17.09 degrees Celsius, or about 62.76 Fahrenheit, which is just above the record of 17.08 C set on July 6, 2023.
“We’re going to have to have massive readjustments in the way in which we live our lives” as heat intensifies, said Bharat Venkat, the director of the UCLA Heat Lab, which studies the effects of rising temperatures. As a small personal example, Venkat said he took his dog for a walk in the local mall this summer because the pavement “was so hot that I was worried she was going to burn her paws.
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