July set to be world's hottest month on record: scientists

This month’s mean global temperature is projected to be about 1.5C above its pre-industrial counterpart

27 July 2023 - 20:55 By Gloria Dickie, Ali Withers and David stanway

As thousands of tourists fled wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes this week and many more suffered baking heat across the US southwest, they did so during what scientists say is the world’s hottest month on record...

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