July was world’s ‘warmest month on record’
EU scientists say rising temperature continues upward trend in 2019, and is accompanied by major ice melt in Greenland.
July was the warmest month on record for the planet, according to scientists at the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.
The rising temperature continues a worrying upward trend in 2019, accompanied by a major ice melt in Greenland, with billions of tonnes of freshwater pouring into the Atlantic ocean during the month of July alone.
Al Jazeera’s science and technology editor Mereana Hond explains.
Published On 5 Aug 2019