EU satellite imagery shows extreme heatwaves in Greece and Turkey during early August. According to a new report, July 2021 was the hottest month in recorded history.According to data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Friday, August 13, 2021 was the hottest month recorded.The combined ocean-surface and land temperature in July was 1.67 degrees Fahrenheit (or 0.93 Celsius) above the 20th century average. This beat the July 2016 and 2020 July heat records. NOAA discovered that July 2021 was the hottest July since records began 142 years ago.Rick Spinrad, NOAA Administrator, stated in a statement that "in this case the first place is also the most dangerous place to be." "This record further demonstrates the disruptive and disturbing path that climate change is taking for the world."According to NOAA statements, the agency's report revealed that the Northern Hemisphere was extremely scorching with land temperatures exceeding 2.77 F (1.54 C). This is an "unprecedented heat anomaly" never before seen.Five heat domes fell on different parts of the hemisphere simultaneously, resulting consecutive days of hot, stagnant heat. Asia had its hottest July ever (surpassing a 2010 record), while Europe experienced its second-hottest July (following July 2018). Turkey, Japan, Ireland, and many other countries also saw record high temperatures.This map shows some of the extremes and heat records that were broken in July 2021. (Image credit to NOAA).These July records indicate that 2021 will be among the hottest ever recorded, NOAA said.This prediction is already being fulfilled by the first half of august. A weather station on Sicily, Italy registered temperatures of 119.85 F (48.8 C), the highest temperature ever recorded in Europe.July is the hottest month in the year. However, climate change is being driven by human activities, according to a major UN report (IPCC) on Monday, August 9.The levels of atmospheric heat-trapping carbon dioxide are higher than ever before in the last 2 million years. This is leading to unprecedented global warming. The IPCC report authors discovered that global warming is causing deadly heat as well as record-setting wildfires, historic floods, baking droughts, and overactive hurricane season.The IPCC report concluded that humans can limit future global warming effects only if they reduce global greenhouse gas emissions quickly and dramatically.Original publication on Live Science
