The prevailing conditions indicate that even hotter temperatures may be in store over the next six weeks. Robert Rohde, a physicist and lead scientist at Berkeley Earth, a non-profit environmental data analysis group detailed the phenomenon.
While temperature records have only been kept since 1979, it is likely that Tuesday’s temperatures represent unprecedented highs even before global temperature monitoring began.
“Global warming is leading us into an unfamiliar world,” Rohde warned, emphasizing the urgent need to address the escalating climate crisis.
The intensity of this heatwave coincides with a prolonged heatwave affecting several regions in the southern United States, where dangerous temperatures have persisted for weeks. In Texas, where the heat has been particularly severe, at least 13 people have tragically succumbed to heat-related illnesses this summer.
Intense heat domes have formed in other parts of the world, such as China and North Africa, exacerbating the global heat emergency.
