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A Disturbing Record for Earth. We Did It Again

ByLogan

Last Sunday, July 21, 2024, was the day when Earth recorded another dangerous record. We improved on last year’s result, but it’s not a reason to rejoice.

According to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, last Sunday was the hottest day on Earth in the history of measurements. The average global temperature was 17.09 degrees Celsius. And before you start writing that it’s not that much, let me emphasize it again – it’s about the average. Why is it so important?

Another dangerous record

Often, arguments from people who deny the existence of global warming, its anthropogenic origin or the need to counteract this phenomenon include the phrases “But it’s cold here” or “Finally, it will be warmer in the summer on the Baltic Sea”. Global warming does not rule out the possibility that it may get colder in some places. But this average, along with subsequent local heat records, indicate that there is something to worry about.

And this applies even to seemingly small changes, as in the case of the aforementioned record – the result increased by 0.01 degrees compared to last year. But for comparison, more than a year ago this record (it was recorded on August 12, 2016) was 16.8 degrees. So you can see that the last two years have been exceptionally hot. Of course, the El Niño phenomenon that has been present on Earth recently is not without significance in this context. But it is rather the cherry on the cake made by our hands.. And the result is further waves of fires, which appear more and more frequently, causing considerable destruction.

As NBC News points out, last week alone, heat waves in southern and central Europe caused fires in southern Italy and forced the Greek Ministry of Culture to temporarily close the Acropolis. In the US, heat warnings were in effect for six states on Tuesday. And if that’s not enough for you, it’s worth knowing that last month was the hottest June on recordand, as it results from the Copernicus system data, the thirteenth consecutive month in which the temperature record was broken.

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