July 2021: The Hottest Month on Record
Recently, the ‘Global Climate Report – July 2021’ was released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), US. According to the report, the month of July 2021 was the hottest on Earth since 1880.
Key Highlights
- The report is published by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.
- While July is generally the hottest month on Earth, July 2021 became the world’s warmest July ever recorded in NOAA’s 142-year history of record keeping.
- The temperature rise is not limited to a region - every continent has recorded peak levels in the last 10 years.
- Notably, seven of the warmest Julys have occurred ....
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