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

https://mins.news/en/item/53387

- CBC News, 2026-09-10 16:43 UTC
- Science
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/august-2026-hottest-month-9.7338753?cmp=rss

> 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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