August was Earth's hottest month, European climate agency finds
Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Niño, according to the European climate service Copernicus.
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Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured(opens original report in a new tab)The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August. Scientists said the heat surge is mostly due to human-caused climate change. — NPR
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