Coverage dated September 5, 2023 to September 6, 2023

This was the hottest summer ever recorded on Earth

Headline from Live Science

June through August 2023 were the hottest three months ever recorded, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

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  1. Wilmington News Journal

    This summer was a global record breaker for the highest heat ever measured, meteorologists say (opens Wilmington News Journal)

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    GENEVA (AP) — Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

  2. Clean Tech Nica

    The Hottest Summer Recorded Globally, By Far — Summer 2023 (opens Clean Tech Nica)

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    Summer 2023: the hottest recorded globally, reporting on changes observed in the global surface air temperature , sea ice, hydrological

  3. Washington Post

    This was the world’s hottest summer on record (opens Washington Post)

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    The record-breaking news comes after climate agencies previously confirmed that July was the planet’s hottest month in 174 years of record-keeping.

  4. WMUR

    The world has just experienced the hottest summer on record – by a significant margin (opens WMUR)

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    June to August was the planet’s warmest such period since records began in 1940.

  5. Portland Press Herald

    2023 summer set global record for highest heat ever measured, meteorologists say (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Daily September temperatures also are higher than what has been recorded before for this time of year, according to the University of Maine's Climate Reanalyzer.

  6. My9nj

    This summer was a global record breaker for highest heat ever calculated, meteorologists say (opens My9nj)

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    So far, 2023 is the second-hottest year on record, behind 2016, experts say.

  7. Fortune

    Scorching temperatures made this summer a record breaker and raise fears about even more warming that could 'wreak havoc worldwide' (opens Fortune)

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    This past August was the second-hottest month ever recorded after July 2023.

  8. CNN

    The world has just experienced the hottest summer on record -- by a significant margin (opens CNN)

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    As heat waves continue to bake parts of the world, scientists are reporting that this blistering, deadly summer was the hottest on record – and by a significant margin.

  9. Gizmodo

    This Has Officially Been the Hottest Summer Ever Recorded (opens Gizmodo)

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    July was the hottest month, August came in at a close second.

  10. Grist

    The planet just sizzled through the hottest summer on record (opens Grist)

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    June, July, and August were the warmest three consecutive months ever measured in the Northern Hemisphere.

  11. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    This summer was a global record breaker for the highest heat ever measured (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    Earth sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

  12. France 24

    2023 likely to be hottest year on record (opens France 24)

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    2023 is likely to be the hottest year in human history, and global temperatures during the Northern Hemisphere summer were the warmest on record, the EU climate monitor said on Wednesday.

  13. WSVN Miami

    This summer was a global record breaker for the highest heat ever measured, meteorologists say - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    GENEVA (AP) — Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and

  14. Christian Science Monitor

    Global thermometer soars: Summer 2023 sets unprecedented records (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    August 2023 has been by far the hottest month measured by scientists since the invention of modern equipment – it’s the second hottest month after July 2023, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

  15. KVUE

    Earth's hottest 3 months on record (opens KVUE)

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    The World Meteorological Society reports that in the summer of 2023, air and sea surface temperatures across the globe were the highest they have ever been.

  16. Los Angeles Times

    This is the hottest summer ever recorded in the Northern Hemisphere, scientists say (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    The Earth is enduring its hottest-ever Northern Hemisphere summer, with a record August adding to a season of brutal and deadly temperatures.

  17. NPR

    This summer was the hottest on record across the Northern Hemisphere, the U.N. says (opens NPR)

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    The world's oceans were the hottest ever recorded, while Antarctica continued to set records for low amounts of sea ice, the World Meteorological Organization said.

  18. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Summer was a global record breaker for highest heat ever measured (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    GENEVA >> Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

  19. CT Mirror

    Summer 2023 was the Northern Hemisphere's hottest on record (opens CT Mirror)

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    June, July, and August were the warmest three consecutive months ever in the Northern Hemisphere, the World Meteorological Organization said.

  20. Live Science

    This was the hottest summer ever recorded on Earth (opens Live Science)

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    June through August 2023 were the hottest three months ever recorded, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

  21. Carbon Brief

    Summer of 2023 the hottest ever recorded (opens Carbon Brief)

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    The northern hemisphere’s summer of 2023 has been the hottest on record, reports the Guardian.

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