Global Heatwave Breaks Records: Monday Recorded as Hottest Day Ever

Monday was officially declared the hottest day ever globally, breaking a record set just the day before. According to the European climate change service, countries around the world, from Japan to Bolivia to the United States, are feeling the heat as temperatures continue to rise.

Provisional satellite data published by Copernicus revealed that Monday surpassed the previous day’s record by 0.06 degrees Celsius (0.1 degree Fahrenheit). Climate scientists are attributing this extreme heat to human-caused climate change, stating that the world is now as warm as it was 125,000 years ago.

The global average temperature on Monday was recorded at 17.15 degrees Celsius, or 62.87 degrees Fahrenheit, making it the hottest day on record. This year has been exceptionally warm, with a warmer-than-usual Antarctic winter contributing to the rising temperatures.

Experts warn that without immediate action to combat climate change, extreme temperature records will continue to be broken at an alarming rate. Former head of U.N. climate negotiations, Christiana Figueres, emphasized the need for targeted national policies to enable the necessary transformation.

Scientists are calling the consecutive hottest days in two years “extraordinary,” especially considering the natural El Nino warming of the central Pacific Ocean had already ended earlier this year. Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, described the situation as a clear indication of the Earth’s warming climate.

As the world grapples with the consequences of climate change, it is becoming increasingly evident that urgent action is needed to prevent further environmental devastation.