Heat wave

July this year was the warmest month ever recorded worldwide, satellite data has confirmed.

The assessment was carried out by researchers at the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).

Scientists say it’s the latest sign that Earth is experiencing unprecedented warming.

Scorching heatwaves saw records tumble across Europe last month, with unusually high temperatures within the Arctic Circle as well.

Globally, July 2019 was marginally warmer – by 0.04 degrees Celsius (0.072 Fahrenheit) – than the previous hottest month on record, July 2016.

However, it’s notable that the 2016 record followed a strong El Nino weather event, which boosts average global temperatures beyond the impact of global warming alone.

The new July mark follows on from a global record for June, which was confirmed by data from several different agencies.

According to Copernicus, every month this year ranks among the four warmest on record for the month in question.

Climate denialism tends to move through predictable stages, i.e., it’s not happening, it’s happening but it’s a natural not anthropogenic process, it’s happening and we’re causing it but it’s not that bad, OK it’s real bad but there’s a technological fix just around the corner, aka capitalism to the rescue again, to whatever rationalizations will be deployed next month or year or decade to ensure that no rich person ever has to give up anything in the present to avert catastrophe in the future.

I suppose this is a good time to remind people that the New York Times keeps printing op-eds by climate change deniers of various flavors because Intellectual Diversity is Good, or maybe they’re just being flat-out bribed, like everybody else inside the non-stop griftathon known as contemporary America.