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#ExtremeHeat Isn’t the Only Climate Impact Shocking Scientists

By Eric Roston and Hayley Warren, July 6, 2026

"Much of the US just sweltered through the July 4 holiday weekend as an intense heat dome bore down, straining power grids and prompting the cancellation of many events. Washington, DC, saw a high of 102F (39C) on Saturday, a new local record for the date. In Europe, punishing temperatures are set to return days after a deadly heat wave pushed thermometers as high as 43.8C (111F) in #France. A troubling pattern has emerged in this summer’s heat: Not only has it broken records, it’s done so often by margins far above the previous all-time highs.

"These heat jumps are part of a larger shift of #ClimateChange seeming to accelerate. #OceanTemperatures just reached a new high for the early summer. #SeaLevels are rising faster than before, while new records for daily rainfall are being set at a rapid clip. The pace of #GlobalWarming itself has quickened in recent years.

"While scientists have long braced for climate change, the growing severity of its impacts is shocking them.

"Today’s climate can 'seem like an unexpected step change' from that of a few years ago, said atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe of Texas Tech University.

"Climate models from decades ago have proved prescient, closely aligning with what the mercury later showed: heat increasing around the planet, caused primarily by humans burning #fossilfuels ."

Read more [includes charts and graphics]:
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-extreme-heat-climate-change-data/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/2qtS2

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Ocean surface temperatures hit record high as world enters 'uncharted territory,' scientists warn

by Chantal Da Silva
July 1, 2026

"Temperatures on the #ocean surface hit a record high in June, European scientists warned Wednesday, fueling fears of more dangerous heat waves this summer and fanning concerns over the escalating global #ClimateCrisis.

"Two separate services under the European Union’s #CopernicusEarth observation program — the Copernicus #ClimateChange Service and the Copernicus Marine Service — announced they had both independently confirmed the record temperatures.

"Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Copernicus Climate Change Service, warned that the rising temperatures could mark the 'beginning of a new phase.'

" 'With OceanTemperatures at these levels and #ElNiño on the horizon, we are likely to see more temperature records fall in the coming months,' Buontempo said in a statement Wednesday. El Niño is a naturally occurring climate cycle that sees the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean become warmer than usual for months at a time.

"The world could be heading into 'uncharted territory,' Buontempo warned.

"According to Copernicus Climate Change Service and the Copernicus Marine Service, global ocean temperatures outside the polar regions hit record levels on June 21, surpassing levels for the time of the year observed in both 2023 and 2024.

"The Copernicus Climate Change Service said temperatures reached 20.86 degrees Celsius, or 69.54 degrees Fahrenheit, that day, climbing above the 20.83 degrees Celsius, or 69.49 degrees Fahrenheit observed in 2023 and 2024.

"The Copernicus Marine Service meanwhile recorded temperatures at 21 degrees Celsius, or 69.8 Fahrenheit, beating previous records from 2023 and 2024 by 0.1 degree Celsius.

" 'It’s consistent with what we’ve known for a long time — that the planet is warming because we’re emitting vast quantities of #GreenhouseGasses, primarily from #FossilFuel burning, into the atmosphere and that’s stifling the ability of the planet to lose its heat to space,' Richard Allan, a professor of climate science at the University of Reading in the U.K., said in a phone interview."

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/ocean-surface-temperatures-hit-record-high-as-world-enters-uncharted-territory-scientists-warn/ar-AA26Y44s?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhoverent&cvid=f599060839da41e9ef5b88b7772ae89b&ei=7

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/vKHY2

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