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ScienceAugust was Earth's hottest month on record, European climate agency finds

Copernicus, the European climate service, says Earth experienced its hottest August—and hottest month on record—with temperatures far exceeding a key climate threshold. It attributes the exceptional heat to the dangerous combination of human-caused climate change and an unusually strong El Niño.

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August was Earth's hottest month on record, European climate agency finds
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