KLIMAAT
Juli 2019 was heetste maand ooit, zegt VS-agentschap
August 16, 2019 - Juli was de heetste maand op Aarde sinds het begin van metingen in 1880, de nieuwste in een lange reeks pieken, die volgens wetenschappers de voorspellingen over door de mens veroorzaakte klimaatverandering onderschrijven.
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that July was 0.95 degrees Celsius (1.71 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the 20th century average of 15.8 C (60.4 F) for the month.
Because July is generally the warmest month on the calendar, meteorologists say this means it also set a new all-time monthly record for the past 140 years.
Last month’s temperatures narrowly topped the previous July record, set in 2016, by 0.03 C (0.05 F).