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August hottest month ever recorded globally, EU monitor announced

The EU climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest single month ever recorded globally and that summer in western Europe was the warmest it had measured.

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A hotter planet: August heat smashes climate records

Earth experienced its hottest month ever in August, surpassing climate thresholds. This extreme heat resulted from human-caused climate change and a strong El Nino. Global ocean temperatures also tied their all-time record for the warmest month. The United States recorded its hottest summer, breaking records from the Dust Bowl era.…

The Economic Times

Global heat stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured.

The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August

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August hottest month ever recorded globally, says EU monitor

The EU's climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest single month ever recorded globally, with ocean temperatures also reaching unprecedented highs as western Europe capped its warmest summer.

Radio France Internationale

Since 1990s, amount of living heat sensitive coral has gone down shockingly, this indicates warmer ocean which means worse storms, hotter nights

El Nino is already as big as recent ones and is still growing with it expected to reach unprecedented levels at its peak. It's responsible for a good chunk of the heat in the oceans

The Economic Times

Oceans reach hottest temperatures on record in ‘very troubling’ development for humans and marine life

The sea will keep getting hotter until the current El Nino reaches its peak sometime between November and January, scientists warn

The Independent UK

Europe is the world’s fastest warming continent. What is to blame?

The climate crisis is hitting Europe hard in 2026, warming twice as fast as any other continent – and the consequences are deadly

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Spain and France heatwaves mapped as extreme 42C temperatures sweep across Europe

Europe is bracing for its fifth heatwave of a record-breaking summer, with the threat of further devastating wildfires

The Independent UK

European wildfires in numbers: How record-breaking heatwaves have scorched the continent

IN FOCUS: Europe is in the midst of some of the most damaging wildfires in its history - with more expected to erupt. As experts warn wildfires will become more common in the near future, Alex Croft looks at the numbers behind a devastating summer for the continent

The Independent UK

Think this summer is hot? El Nino could push temperatures even higher

Record ocean heat, intensifying El Nino conditions and worsening extremes are raising the prospect that 2026 could become the hottest year ever measured.

Radio France Internationale

This summer isn't breaking heat records - yet. Wait until El Nino kicks in, scientists say

With a formidable El Nino set to escalate global temperatures, the weather patterns we rely on are likely to be severely altered. Experts warn that 2026 may record the highest temperatures ever, overtaking 2024.

The Economic Times

El Niño could unleash ocean heat that sends 2026 into record-breaking territory

This summer's heat is human caused, not from El Niño – but the climate phenomenon is set to release pent-up ocean heat.

Euronews

This summer isn't breaking heat records -- yet. Wait until El Nino kicks in, scientists say

With parts of the globe aflame in wildfires, deadly heat waves parking over cities, record hot oceans and a strengthening super El Nino, it seems like we’re baking through the hottest year on record

The Independent UK

Western Europe recorded hottest June as heatwaves surge, EU's climate monitor says

Global temperatures in June were 1.39C above the estimated pre-industrial average, a period covering 1850-1900, according to Copernicus.

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Western Europe logs hottest June on record as climate change fuels harsher heatwaves

Western Europe recorded its hottest June ever as a severe heatwave gripped the continent. This extreme weather event followed an early spring hot spell and another record heatwave. Global temperatures also reached high levels, with oceans experiencing their warmest June. Thousands of deaths were linked to the punishing heatwave across…

Bangkok Post

Western Europe records hottest-ever June

PARIS - Western Europe this year experienced its hottest June on record as a searing heatwave swept across a continent facing increasingly frequent and intense heat extremes, the EU’s climate monitor said Thursday.

France 24

Western Europe records its hottest June after searing heatwave

EU's climate monitor said Thursday that Western Europe this year experienced its hottest month of June on record as an intense heatwave swept across the world's fastest-warming continent. A "heat dome" weather effect – a high-pressure system acting like a lid on a boiling pot – led to all-time and…

The Economic Times

Western Europe records its hottest June as heatwaves surge

Western Europe this year experienced its hottest June on record as a searing heatwave swept across a continent facing increasingly frequent and intense heat extremes, the EU's climate monitor said Thursday. - 'Heat dome' - Europe is the world's fastest-warming continent, and changes in atmospheric circulation are fuelling more frequent…

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The Independent UK

This is why Europe was so fatally unprepared for the June heatwave

IN FOCUS: Europe’s hottest ever June has laid bare the failures of successive governments across the continent to prepare for extreme heat. Now, scientists say, we have reached the point where climate change is having a severe impact on daily life. Alex Croft reports

Bangkok Post

Scientists warn of record heat as climate monitoring threatened

PARIS (FRANCE) - Planetary heating is intensifying and key climate indicators are deteriorating, top scientists have said, warning that funding decisions affecting Earth observation systems in the United States and other countries threaten efforts to track global warming.

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Scientists warn of record rate of global warming

Emissions of climate-warming pollutants are at an all-time high, mainly from the burning of fossil fuels.

The Guardian - US

Scientists warn Trump plan to axe US ocean monitoring system will leave world ‘flying blind’

Experts say dismantling the ocean observation system will ‘severely degrade’ the accuracy of weather predictions

Radio France Internationale

Why is Europe heating twice as fast as the rest of the planet?

Europe has been warming twice as fast as the global average since 1980, a new report shows, with 2025 marked by extended heatwaves across the continent, from the Arctic to the Mediterranean. RFI examines the reasons why.

The Independent UK

‘Climate change is here’: Experts warn environmental crisis is decades ahead of forecasts

IN FOCUS: Drought, heatwaves, hurricanes, and wildfires are arriving sooner than we imagined according to scientists

The Independent UK

Scientists call another near-record hot year a 'warning shot' of a shifting, dangerous climate

Scientists calculate that last year was the third-hottest on record, following 2024 and 2023

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