Solar activity cycles have stumped scientists around the world, and research continues
When the current solar cycle began in late 2019, experts from the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), which includes scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), predicted that solar maximum would likely begin sometime in 2025 and would be comparable to the previous, weaker cycle. However, as the current cycle progressed, it quickly became clear that this was not the case, and that solar maximum would occur earlier and be much more intense than initially anticipated.
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.