America News Agency

According to Copernicus, the northern hemisphere summer season of June, July and August in 2024 was the hottest since records began in 1940. The global average temperature rose 0.69 degrees above the average for the same period between 1991 and 2020.

In addition, the global average temperature was 0.7 degrees above average in the first eight months of the year.

“In the last three months, the world has experienced the hottest June and August, the hottest day on record and the hottest northern hemisphere summer on record,” Copernicus Deputy Director Samantha Burgess said in a press release.

The new figures show that 2024 is on track to be the hottest year on record.

Looking at the extent of sea ice in the Arctic, it is 17 percent below average. This is the fourth lowest level measured by satellite measurements in August.

Antarctic sea ice extent was 7.0 percent below average, making it the second lowest extent in August since measurements began.

 “The temperature extremes we have witnessed this summer will only intensify unless we take immediate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with more devastating consequences for people and the planet,” Burgess said.