For the past few days, planet earth has been hitting and breaking temperature records as heatwaves sizzle various countries for the summer season.
The average temperature of the planet hit an unofficial record high once again, making it the fourth day in a row such a hot milestone was reached.
The average temperature hit 17.23C on Thursday, surpassing the record set on Tuesday and Wednesday, data from the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer reveals.
With the previous record of 17.01C set on Monday, the average temperature recorded includes measurements from places like Jingxing, China, which recorded a sweltering 43.3C, as well as Antartica, which recorded unusually high temperatures 4.5C above normal this week.
The Maine data, despite not being validated by the United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), was still regarded as a troubling sign of climate change.
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