The heat records recorded this August are synonymous with a “red alert”, the director of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO, OMM, WMO) underlined today, Wednesday 4/9 from Singapore, saying “we are worried, but we are not paralyzed”. For the second consecutive year, the average global temperature in the month of August reached historical records, according to preliminary public data from the European Copernicus observatory, which was consulted yesterday, Tuesday, by Agence France-Presse. Australia, Japan, provinces of China or even Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic, had the warmest August, according to the various local weather organizations. For us it is a “red alert. It’s clear that temperatures are rising … beyond what we would like,” said Celeste Saulo, director of the World Meteorological Organization, which is a UN agency, “and that’s because action is not enough.” Although the exact global mean temperature for August 2024 is not yet known, Copernicus (…) estimates […]
Source: News Beast
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