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The ongoing heatwaves are fueling concerns about the acceleration of climate change as Earth's average temperature continues to break records.
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- Earth's average temperature set a new record on July 3rd and has yet to fall back below the previous record.
- The occurrence of very hot days in July is not surprising, but this year's heatwaves starting early, rising high, and lasting long is unprecedented.
- Two-thirds of the Earth's land is in the northern hemisphere, which experiences the hottest times of the year.
- Land warms up faster than water, contributing to hotter northern summers.
- The current heatwaves may be evidence of climate change speeding up.
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The current heatwaves are raising questions about whether climate change is accelerating. Earth's average temperature broke a new record on July 3rd and has yet to drop below the previous record set last year.
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The current heatwaves are raising questions about whether climate change is accelerating. Earth's average temperature broke a new record on July 3rd and has yet to drop below the previous record set last year. While hot days in July are expected, the extent
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stimates of
Earths average
temperature, having set a new record on July 3rd, have yet to fall back
below the previous record, which was set just last year. That a
run of very hot days
should
happen in July is, by itself, perhaps unsurprising. Two-thirds of the
Earths land is in the northern hemisphere, and land warms up faster
than water does, so northern summers are the hottest times of year for
the planet as a whole. But the highest temperatures tend to come later
in the season. That this years should start so early, rise so high and
run so long is unprecedented.
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