The World Just Saw Its Hottest Early June on Record
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Global temperatures during the first 11 days of June have hit the highest level on record for the time of the year.
The heat has also caused temperatures to exceed pre-industrial levels by more than 1.5C this month, scientists at the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service warned on Thursday. While the threshold has become symbolic because it’s the level set as the lower limit in the 2015 Paris Agreement, the goal in that document is for changes in 20 or 30 year averages — which aren’t expected to be breached until the early 2030s.