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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\u201cSince day one, President Biden has treated the climate crisis as the existential threat of our time,\u201d said Ali Zaidi, White House National Climate Advisor.\u201d Against the backdrop of record-high temperatures, wildfires, and floods, NASA\u2019s analysis puts into context the urgency of President Biden\u2019s unprecedented climate leadership. From securing the Inflation Reduction Act, the largest climate investment in history, to invoking the Defense Production Act to supercharge domestic clean energy manufacturing, to strengthening climate resilience in communities nationwide, President Biden is delivering on the most ambitious climate agenda in history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNASA data confirms what billions around the world literally felt: temperatures in July 2023 made it the hottest month on record. In every corner of the country, Americans are right now experiencing firsthand the effects of the climate crisis, underscoring the urgency of President Biden\u2019s historic climate agenda,\u201d said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. \u201cThe science is clear. We must act now to protect our communities and planet; it\u2019s the only one we have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parts of South America, North Africa, North America, and the Antarctic Peninsula were especially hot, experiencing temperature increases around 7.2 \u00b0F\u00a0(4 \u00b0C) above average.\u00a0Overall, extreme heat this summer put tens of millions of people under heat warnings and was linked to hundreds of heat-related illnesses and deaths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The record-breaking July continues a long-term trend of human-driven warming driven primarily by greenhouse gas emissions that has become evident over the past four decades. According to NASA data, the five hottest Julys since 1880 have all happened in the past five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cClimate change is impacting people and ecosystems around the world, and we expect many of these impacts to escalate with continued warming,\u201d said Katherine Calvin, chief scientist and senior climate advisor at NASA Headquarters in Washington. \u201cOur agency observes climate change, its impacts, and its drivers, like greenhouse gases, and we are committed to providing this information to help people plan for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NASA assembles its temperature record from surface air temperature data from tens of thousands of metrological stations, as well as sea surface temperature data acquired by ship- and buoy-based instruments. This raw data is analyzed using methods that account for the varied spacing of temperature stations around the globe and for urban heating effects that could skew the calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis July was not just warmer than any previous July \u2013 it was the warmest month in our record, which goes back to 1880,\u201d said GISS Director Gavin Schmidt. \u201cThe science is clear this isn\u2019t normal. Alarming warming around the world is driven primarily by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. And that rise in average temperatures is fueling dangerous extreme heat that people are experiencing here at home and worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
High sea surface temperatures contributed to July\u2019s record warmth. NASA\u2019s analysis shows especially warm ocean temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific, evidence of the El Ni\u00f1o that began developing in May 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Phenomena such as El Ni\u00f1o or La Ni\u00f1a, which warm or cool the tropical Pacific Ocean, can contribute a small amount of year-to-year variability in global temperatures. But these contributions are not typically felt when El Ni\u00f1o starts developing in Northern Hemisphere summer. NASA expects to see the biggest impacts of El Ni\u00f1o in February, March, and April 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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