Palestinian Mustafa Abdo, 75-years previous, repairs a fan at his store amid a warmth wave at Shati refugee camp. Abdo has been working in the upkeep of electrical home equipment for greater than 30 years, till now.
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Multiple warmth data have been shattered this summer time.
Last month was the hottest August ever recorded, based on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data stretching again 174 years. The three-month interval from June to August was additionally the hottest ever, the NOAA said on Thursday, and encompassed the hottest meteorological winter ever for the Southern Hemisphere.
Global sea floor temperatures have been the highest for any August on document, and it was the fifth month in a row the place world ocean sea floor temperatures set new highs for every respective month.
The sea floor temperature anomaly, or measurement of the departure from a long-term common, for August 2023 was additionally the largest anomaly on document.
Islamorada, Florida, July 24, 2023: At Alligator reed in the Florida Keys, elkhorn coral transplanted to the reef now seems bleached after days of excessive water temperatures. The coral at Alligator reef confirmed indicators of bleaching that had not been current solely every week earlier.
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Finally, sea ice extent in August hit a record low for all Augusts on document, 550,000 sq. miles beneath the earlier document set in August 2019. Sea ice space is the whole area coated by ice, whereas “extent” refers to the whole area with a minimum of 15 p.c sea ice cowl.
Global marine warmth waves and the El Niño weather pattern contributed to all of excessive temperature data in 2023, Sarah Kapnick, the chief scientist at the NOAA, said in a statement released Thursday.
“But as lengthy as emissions proceed driving a gradual march of background warming, we count on additional data to be damaged in the years to come back,” Kapnick mentioned.
The document temperatures for air and water contributed to excessive climate round the globe in August, together with monsoon rains in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. The NOAA summarized these occasions in the graphic embedded beneath.
NOAA and the National Centers for Environmental Information plotted some of the climate anomalies from August 2023.
Chart courtesy NOAA and the National Centers for Environmental Information.