Global Warming News: Last Month Was The Hottest June On Earth Since 1880

The month of June saw the warmest temperatures since records began in 1880, exceeding the average of 15.5 ° C/ 59 ° F global temperature, reported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in its monthly report. Both the temperature of the earth's surface and the oceans reached above average figures. This means that the world was 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than the 20th century average of 59.9 degrees.

However, Jessica Blunden, a scientist at NOAA, said that "warming was driven by record temperatures in the ocean", adding that part of this increase was due to the start of the El Niño, the warming of tropical waters in the Pacific. Land was 0.95 ° C higher than the average of 13.3 ° C, and was ranked as the seventh warmest June; while the ocean was 0.64 ° C above the average of 16.4 ° C.

These data also reflect a rise in global temperatures in the first six months of the year: the combined land and sea were 0.67 ° C above the average of 13.5 ° C, the third highest for a January-June since 1880. This rise in temperature generally occurred worldwide since records were broken in Greenland, northern South America, eastern and central Africa and Southeast Asia as well as in New Zealand.