With Europe under a 'heat apocalypse' warning, the latest monthly climate climate analyses are out. Can you guess what they say?
showed a somewhat different result, with the month coming in as Earth's sixth warmest June on record.
If that 1.6 degrees of June warming does not seem like a lot, keep keep in mind that it's a global average. At a regional level, the effects of a changing climate often manifest in more extreme ways — as devastating spring and summer heatwaves in different parts of the world have shown.Currently, heat domes are bringing potentially deadly high temperatures to large parts of Europe and North America.
Across the English Channel, French authorities have issued similar warnings, with the southwestern part of the country forecast to be especially hot. "In certain zones in the southwest, it will be an apocalypse of heat," forecaster Francois Gourand of Meteo-FranceOver the western and central United States, a heat dome is also sending temps soaring. Under the high pressure of a heat dome, air sinks, causing temperatures to rise and cloud cover to be scanty.
Research shows that those elevated odds truly are being felt globally. To offer just one example, a deadly heatwave that gripped India and Pakistan last March and April was 30 times more likely due to human-caused climate change, according to a recentOur influence on the global climate over the long run can be inferred from the statistics cited by NOAA in its analysis for June.