European climate researchers said Monday that last month was the hottest July — and thus the hottest month — ever recorded, slightly eclipsing the previous record-holder, July 2016. “While July is usually the warmest month of the year for the globe, according to our data it also was the warmest month recorded globally, by a very small margin,” according to the head of the Copernicus Climate Change Service.
By Henry Fountain. New York Times. August 5, 2019.
