The current year 2024 has broken the heat records of the previous year
NASA considers the summer of 2024 to be the hottest to date. July 22, 2024, was the hottest day on record, according to a NASA analysis of global daily temperature data. July 21 and 23 of this year also exceeded the previous daily record, set in July 2023. These record temperatures are part of a long-term warming trend caused by human activity, primarily greenhouse gas emissions. Crimea recorded its hottest day on record.
The obvious consequences of global warming are already being observed: a blow to the world economy, drying up of reservoirs, floods and earthquakes
Scientists have discovered the many faces of global warming: it not only accelerates the melting of glaciers, raising the level of the World Ocean, but also leads to seismic activity. Over the past 30 years, the amount of dust in Central Asia has increased by 7%. One of the reasons for this is the drying up of the Aral Sea. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) said on Wednesday that the famous waterway continues to face a shortage of water.
June 2024 was the hottest on record on the planet. Summer 2023 is the hottest in 2,000 years (or 10,000 years)
Last June was the hottest month on record and the 13th month in a row to set a monthly temperature record, according to new data released by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. For 12 months in a row, the average global temperature has been 1.5°C higher than in the pre-industrial era. The average sea surface temperature in June was 20.85°C, which is also the highest value in the entire period of observation.
The mortality rate in megacities from heat waves is 46% higher than in villages. By 2050, this figure will increase
A person who is 40 today will be about 70 years old in 2050. The world is undergoing unprecedented and inexorable change: scientists predict that by 2050, more than 20% of the world’s population will be over 60. This demographic shift coincides with another major change: the warming of the Earth due to human-caused climate change.
Extreme heat waves cause deadly heat stress and fires around the world
Unbearable temperatures exceeding 40° and 50° are increasingly observed in many parts of the world, paralyzing society and creating a serious threat to the health and well-being of people. One of the main consequences of global warming is extreme weather events, which include, in particular, periods of abnormally high temperatures in winter, heat waves in summer. They can cause severe heat stress for the human body, against which background already existing diseases are most often exacerbated.
Mexico has recorded 48 deaths since March this year due to extreme heat
Mexico has recorded 48 deaths since March this year due to extreme heat, a government source said on May 24, 2024. Scientists warn about the possibility of setting new temperature records in the near future. In one state the temperature has already reached 49.6 degrees Celsius. Last year, the country reported a record 419 heat-related deaths in the season, which runs from March to October.
Extremely high temperatures occur in half of the world’s oceans
At the end of the 19th century, only 2% of the ocean surface experienced extremely high temperatures, so-called “heat waves.” In 2019, “heat waves” were already observed on 57% of the ocean surface.