Summer 2024 is the hottest on record

Photographing a giant thermometer displaying 115 degrees Fahrenheit, or 45 degrees Celsius, is the new attraction in this Californian city in recent days. The Western United States is suffocating under this heat. This summer, heat records are falling all over the planet with a worrying figure: an increase of 1.51°C in August compared to the pre-industrial period.

Greenhouse gases, responsible for global warming, have tragic consequences across the globe. Fires in Siberia, typhoons in China, a village submerged under water in Savoie as well as an absolute temperature record in July with an average of 17.15°C in the world. These temperature changes also pose a threat to the seabed, whose biodiversity is in danger.