July brought extreme heat waves to Europe and North America, unprecedented ice melt in Greenland, and massive wildfires in the Arctic.
According to the, Earth’s temperature in July 2019 was 1.71 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average, the warmest month since record-keeping began in 1880. Of the the 10 warmest Julys on record, nine have occurred since 2005.
Record-high temperatures were reported across the globe during the month as heat waves swept across parts of North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Ocean temperatures were also the warmest ever recorded in any July. Year-to-date, 2019 is now tied with 2017 as the second-warmest year ever recorded. In the rapidly warming Arctic, sea ice melted to a record low for July to 19.8% below the 1981–2010 average. The rising temperatures
, which scientists say is caused by humans burning fossil fuels and emissions of other potent greenhouse gases.Melting ice forms a lake on free-floating ice in Ilulissat Icefjord, July 30.A wildfire burning across 1 million hectares of woodland in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk Territory, July 30.A fish skeleton lies on a dry part of the Loire River bed due to drought, July 25.Officials of a regional disaster management agency try to douse a peatland forest fire, July 31.
A nomadic Fulani man and his son walk with their cattle on the way to Nigeria during a prolonged drought, July 29.Palestinian children take a bath on the outskirts of the Khan Yunis refugee camp, July 17.Flames and smoke rise as firefighters try to extinguish a blaze that broke out in a forest in Muğla’s Dalaman district, July 11.Dead bumble bees lie on a footpath under a lime tree, July 18. The main reason for the death of the bumblebee is the lack of nectar in midsummer.
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