The chief climate scientist at NASA, Gavin Schmidt, said that July 2023 is likely to be the hottest month on record for “hundreds, if not thousands of years.” According to Al Qabas, the scientist’s comments came after daily temperature records were broken in the current month, according to observatories run by the European Union and the University of Maine. Although the results of these observatories differ slightly from each other, Schmidt said the extreme rise in temperatures is clearly visible and is likely to be reflected in the more accurate monthly reports issued by the US agencies at a later time.
He also pointed to the recent heat waves in the United States, Europe, and China as evidence of unprecedented changes in weather patterns, adding that there is a 50% chance that 2023 will be the hottest year ever recorded, and that 2024 is likely to be even hotter, attributing it to the El Niño phenomenon. The report added that the Iranian international airport recently recorded a temperature of 66 degrees Celsius, which is the highest temperature ever recorded in the country.
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