A dry cornfield near Beelitz, Germany, August 18, 2022. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

The Copernicus Climate Change Service said June 2023 exceeded the previous record of June 2019 by "a substantial margin." It also reported "exceptionally warm" sea surface temperatures around the world. "The month was the warmest June globally at just over 0.5 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 average, exceeding June 2019 — the previous record — by a substantial margin," the Copernicus report said.
Northwest Europe experienced record warm temperatures while parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Asia and eastern Australia were also "significantly warmer than normal," Copernicus noted.

According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, July 3, 4 and 5 all consecutively broke records as the Earth’s hottest day since scientists began recording in 1979. The temperatures of 17 and 18 degrees Celsius is nearly 1 degree Celsius higher than the average for the period from 1979 to 2000.

Climate scientist Chris Field from Stanford University said “A record like this is another piece of evidence for the now massively supported proposition that global warming is pushing us into a hotter future.” Climate scientist Sean Birkle of the University of Maine described these daily figures as “a useful snapshot of what's happening in a warming world.”

Since the beginning of the year, record high temperatures have killed more than 150 people in Mexico and India and wreaked havoc on agricultural production.

World Meteorological Organization said that in addition to the return of El Nino, human activities, mainly the burning of fossil fuels, continues to emit about 40 billion tons of CO2 that causes the greenhouse effect every year, increasing the Earth's temperature.