Earth experienced its hottest day ever on Monday, surpassing Sunday's record, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service.
Monday's temperatures shattered the record set just a day earlier, making it the hottest day ever recorded globally, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service .Preliminary satellite data published by Copernicus shows Monday, July 22, reached 17.15 degrees Celsius, around 62.9 degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature surpassed Sunday, July 21's by 0.06 degrees Celsius, which held the record for hottest day at 17.09 degrees Celsius, around 62.7 degrees Fahrenheit.
Natalie Mahowald, chair of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University, told Newsweek in an email Wednesday: 'These record highs and their dramatic impacts on humans for example the deaths in Saudi Arabia show the horrible consequences of delaying cuts in CO2 emissions.'In June, at least 1,301 people died due to extreme heat while on the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Temperatures exceeded 50 degrees Celsius, upward of 122 degrees Fahrenheit.
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