World shatters heat record for the second time in just two days
A worker, called ‘torchers’, works in a charcoal production during scorching heat exceeding 40 degrees Celsius in Diyarbakir, Turkiye on July 18, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images The world registered its hottest day on record for the second time in just two days, according to the latest data compiled by the European Union’s climate monitor. The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Wednesday that the global average surface temperature climbed to 17.15 degrees Celsius (62.87 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday — eclipsing the previous record of 17.09 degrees Celsius, which had been set on Sunday . C3S, which has been tracking the daily global mean temperature since 1940, said Sunday’s record had already shown “we are now in truly uncharted territory.” The EU’s climate monitor has warned that new temperature records are inevitable as the planet keeps warming. Scientists have repeatedly called for urgent and rapid reductions in greenhouse...