NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration federal scientists have revealed that the 2023 June-August period is the Earth’s hottest summer on record.
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The 2023 summer marked the hottest summer on record in the Northern Hemisphere and the warmest winter in the Southern Hemisphere of the globe.
NASA reported that the hottest summer on record has been set due to widespread warmth around the world.
The extreme heat during the said hottest summer on record, worsened wildfires in Canada and Hawaii, as well as caused intense heatwaves in South America, Japan, Europe, and in the US.
The heat experienced during the said hottest summer on record, also potentially contributed to the heavy rainfall in Italy, Greece, and in Central Europe.
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According to NOAA, August of 2023 was also the warmest August ever recorded globally.
Last August marks the 45th consecutive August and the 534th consecutive month with temperatures surpassing the average temperatures of the 20th century.
According to scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies, the summer of 2023 was the Earth’s hottest summer on record since 1880.
The hottest summer on record of 2023 has broken records and is part of a consistent pattern of warming. It was revealed that the recent intense warming is mainly caused by humans and their greenhouse gases emissions, says NASA.
