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A record 15 national heat records have been broken since the start of this year, an influential climate historian has told the Guardian, as weather extremes grow more frequent and climate breakdown intensifies.

An additional 130 monthly national temperature records have also been broken, along with tens of thousands of local highs registered at monitoring stations from the Arctic to the South Pacific, according to Maximiliano Herrera, who keeps an archive of extreme events.

He said the unprecedented number of records in the first six months was astonishing. “This amount of extreme heat events is beyond anything ever seen or even thought possible before,” he said. “The months from February 2024 to July 2024 have been the most record-breaking for every statistic.”

This is alarming because last year’s extreme heat could be largely attributed to a combination of man-made global heating – caused by burning gas, oil, coal and trees – and a natural El Niño phenomenon, a warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean surface that is associated with higher temperatures in many parts of the world. The El Niño has been fading since February of this year, but this has brought little relief.

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[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

News was happy to report last month was only the second warmest on record, breaking the streak of warmest month ever.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 weeks ago

Until next year..

[–] Floshie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

what are you saying ? NONSENSE

this is the natural order of the world, we couldn't possibly have provoked this, this is real science !!!!

(/sarc just in case)

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

"The weather is always changing! We just have to adapt."

Receives proposal for grid upgrades for cooling, flood protection, expensive food, fighting diseases

"Not like that!!"

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

This is literally what comes out of my colleagues mouth.

He has his own DIY weather station, so he knows best. "Just normal variation".

[–] AhismaMiasma@lemm.ee 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Time to move North and to more water secure areas.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 weeks ago

Sorry, all water sources belong to Nestlé. The North is owned by BlackRock. Enjoy the good economy while you burn, oh wait, that doesn't benefit the 99.9%.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 3 points 4 weeks ago

Hold it right there, immigrant! You must be stopped at the border before you import your climate crisis into our part of town!

[–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 weeks ago

Lol

A record of records

[–] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world -5 points 4 weeks ago

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