AMSTERDAM, Sept 6 (Reuters) – August 2023 was the hottest month on record for this period globally, and the third month in a row to set such a record, according to a report from Copernicus, the energy group European Union (EU) experts on climate change.
August was estimated to be about 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than the pre-industrial average for the period 1850-1900.
July 2023 remains the hottest month on record and the entire summer sets the heat record for this season in the Northern Hemisphere, since records began in 1940.
“Global temperature records continue to fall in 2023,” said Samantha Burgess, deputy director of Copernicus.
“The scientific evidence is overwhelming, we will continue to see more climate records and more intense and more frequent extreme weather events impacting society and ecosystems, until we stop emitting greenhouse gases. greenhouse,” said Samantha Burgess.
In Europe, August was wetter than normal across much of central Europe and Scandinavia, leading to flooding, while France, Greece, Italy and Portugal suffered droughts that caused forest fires.
Australia, several countries in South America and much of Antarctica also experienced significantly above-average temperatures in August, according to Copernicus.
The year 2023 is so far the second hottest on record, after 2016. (Reporting Bart Meijer, French version Augustin Turpin, edited by Blandine Hénault)
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