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Hottest Northern Hemisphere Summer
September 12 , 2024
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- The summer of 2024 has officially been declared the hottest on record for the Northern Hemisphere.
- The boreal summer months of June, July, and August 2024 surpassed all previous temperature records.
- 2024 is on track to overtake 2023 as the warmest year in recorded history.
- The record-breaking temperatures have been attributed to a combination of the human-induced climate change and the El Nino weather phenomenon.
- El Nino is characterised by warming surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
- August 2024 has recorded the second-highest average sea surface temperatures, surpassed only by August 2023.
- In Italy, Sicily and Sardinia continue to grapple with a severe drought directly linked to climate change.
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