The year 2023 has left an indelible imprint on the history of our world. According to NASA, 2023 was the warmest year on record on Earth. This shocking news should act as a strong wake-up call, emphasizing the critical nature of the global warming situation.
According to the most recent data, temperatures in June, July, and August were 0.41 degrees Fahrenheit (0.23 degrees Celsius) higher than all previous summers combined. Last month, experts confirmed that July of this year was the hottest on record, with the previous five warmest Julys all occurring in the previous five years, during another NASA symposium on the planet’s climate emergency.
NASA’s Report
Throughout the summer of 2023, we experienced extreme heatwaves that afflicted places all across the world. Millions of people felt the impact of these extreme heat events, which ranged from blistering temperatures in North America to record-breaking highs in Europe and Asia.
According to scientists, July’s scorching heat directly contributed to the deadliest wildfire season on record for both Canada and Hawaii, as well as catastrophic rainfall and flash floods across the Mediterranean, especially in Greece and Italy.
They blame the record heat to El Nio, which happens every two to seven years when winds above the Pacific Ocean, which ordinarily blow west along the equator from South America to Asia, deviate from their normal path and drift east and toward the United States’ west coast. As a result, temperatures in Canada and the United States are substantially higher than average.
The recent study, conducted by Willis and his team at NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS) in New York, is hot off the press. It’s worth noting that this study comes right on the heels of another one from a different group of scientists who sounded the alarm about how human activities are pushing our world beyond safe limits. In their research, they pointed out that we’ve crossed the line on six out of nine key indicators that measure how far we’ve strayed from the natural state of the planet before industrialization took hold.