The World Meteorological Organization set a new temperature record of 17.24°C on July 7 for the second time in July.
The global average temperature was 0.3°C above the record on August 16, 2016, and 0.23°C on July 4, 2023, it said. Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources in Telegram.
It is noted that in the summer of 2016, the El Niño phenomenon was particularly active.
"Experts believe that this is happening because of global warming. And also, due to the development of El Niño, a natural phenomenon. It has an impact on the weather in a number of world regions," the press service said.
As you know, El Niño is associated with increased heat and drought around the world, and heavy rain elsewhere. During the phenomenon, warm waters, the temperature of which is 5-9°C higher, rise to the surface in the equatorial zone of the Pacific Ocean. The opposite La Niña phenomenon lasted from 2020 to early 2023.
“This year, El Niño is expected to further fuel the heat both on land and in the oceans and lead to extreme temperatures. This can have a devastating impact on the environment," WMO emphasized.
Earlier, EcoPolitic wrote, that July 4, 2023 became the hottest day that has ever been recorded all over the world. The average global temperature reached 17.01°C.
As EcoPolitic previously reported, a study by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) showed that by the beginning of the 2030s, the world will exceed the warming limit by 1.5°C, and by 2100 it will reach 3.2° C.
