A 13-month streak of global temperature records just ended. Here are five takeaways
7 months, 3 weeks ago

A 13-month streak of global temperature records just ended. Here are five takeaways

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — After 13 months of what felt like an endless breaking of heat records, the streak came to an end last month — just barely. While the slightly cooler month is good news and could provide some minor relief for people exposed to extreme heat, scientists warned that the root cause of the rising temperatures, climate change, remains the same. Here are five takeaways from the 13-month heat streak that just ended: Extremes will continue One factor in the slight cooling is the ebbing of El Nino, a naturally occurring pattern of warming in part of the Pacific that shifts weather patterns around the world. Governments scrambling The heat of the last 13 months exposed just how much governments around the world are struggling to help citizens adapt to warming temperatures. In last year’s U.N. climate talks in Dubai, the international community also agreed to “transition away” from fossil fuels toward renewable energy sources.

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CNN  

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ABC  

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Hindustan Times  

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Slate  

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