the planet faces record temperatures

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France 2 – F.Mathieux, M.-P.Samitier M.Justet, M.Barrois, G.Liaboeuf

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The whole planet is suffocating. June was the hottest month on record, and the trend is expected to continue into July and August.

From the poles to the equator, from the United States to China, the earth is suffocating. The days of Tuesday and Wednesday were the hottest ever recorded worldwide at this period with an average of 17.18 degrees. “A strong heat which concerns the whole of North Africa up to the coaste, where is more unusual”emphasizes Ludovic Lagrande, Weather Solutions meteorologist. These Last days, it was up to 46 degrees in Texas, more than 41 degrees in Beijing and 8.7 degrees in Antarctica.

The sea ice is struggling to reform

The sea ice is struggling to reform despite the arrival of winter in the southern hemisphere. It has been reduced by five times the area of ​​France this year. Climate change is accompanied by extreme phenomena with torrential rains. In Niger, people and animals are paying the price for global warming, and agriculture is not resisting. These disturbing recordss risk being the first of a summer series.


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