🔥 “Hottest Human History?!” – July 2023, Earth’s Blazing Record Breaker! 🔥

TL:DR; 🌍 July 2023 takes the crown as the planet’s most sizzling month in recorded history! 😓 Humanity: did we just set a “high score” no one wanted?

🌡️ While you’re chilling with your icy mocha or swimming at the beach, our beloved planet is, quite literally, turning up the heat. July 2023 is throwing all the sizzling summer vibes, but is this a party we even want to be at?

Here’s the tea ☕️: According to the cool cats over at the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organization, this July isn’t just warm, it’s on fire. And not in a good way. In the first 23 days of July, the average global temperature reached 16.95°C. Woah! 😲 Compare that with the previous July 2019 record of 16.63°C. So, is this July just an overachiever or is it part of a trend? 🤔

Real Talk: It’s been the hottest three-week-period in more than a hundred thousand years. Like, were woolly mammoths sweating it out too?

Thinking these temperatures are a fluke? Think again. Climate scientists (you know, the experts we should probably listen to?) have data from tree rings, coral reefs, and deep-sea sediment cores that suggest our planet hasn’t been this hot in about 120,000 years. “These are the hottest temperatures in human history,” says Samantha Burgess from Copernicus. So, all our first-world problems seem kinda chill in comparison, right? 😅

Remember the ice cream that melted before you could Instagram it? Or that crazy heatwave? Yeah, that’s small fry. 😓 People are actually experiencing life-threatening burns from the searing ground. Over in the Mediterranean, wildfires, fueled by these scorching temperatures, have sadly claimed more than 40 lives. And Asia? Intense heatwaves are not only a threat to life but also food security.

You might ask, why is this happening? 🤷‍♂️ Well, spoiler alert: human-caused climate change. Samantha adds, “The global air temperature is directly proportional to the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.”

🌊 And the oceans? They’re feeling the heat too. Since mid-May, global ocean surface temperatures are at “unprecedented levels” for this time of year.

But wait, there’s a plot twist. El Niño, our weather influencer, is still in its early phase this year. Next year? Expect it to be an even bigger player, turning up the temperature dial a few more notches.

Remember how June had us sweating? Turns out, it was the hottest June on record “by a substantial margin.” Then, hold your popsicles, 🍦 every day since July 3 has been hotter than the record set in 2016.

And as we throw shade (literally and figuratively) and try to chill in this intense heat, Kim Cobb, an unaffiliated climate scientist, drops a reality bomb: “In another decade, this will be viewed as a relatively cool year.”

Yikes! 😲

Petteri Taalas, of the WMO, nails it: “The need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is more urgent than ever before. Climate action is not a luxury but a must.”

So, Earthlings, while we share memes about this sweltering summer, let’s not forget the gravity of the situation. We’re setting records, but are they the kind we want our children to inherit? 🌏

Is it time for us to turn down the global thermostat before it’s too late? 🔥🌡️🔜❓