Click the link to read the article on the Ark Valley Voice website (Jan Wondra):
We Witness The Two Hottest Days on Earth this Week; Climate Change “Jet-Fueled” by El Niño
This week the planet passed a milestone that environmental experts hoped would never come. We had — officially — the second hottest followed by the hottest average temperatures recorded since humans began to walk the earth. While we living in the Rocky Mountains often boast of our lower temperatures and lower humidity, these averages affect every human being [ed. and all other species] on this [Earth].
On Monday, July 3, the average from thousands of measurement points all around the globe surpassed 62.3 degrees Fahrenheit. On Tuesday, July 4, it rose over 62.9 degrees Fahrenheit (17.18 degrees Celsius).
At the same time, according to the World Meteorological Organization, the oceans of the North Atlantic have risen more than nine degrees in temperature this year. Normally, the planet’s massive oceans act as heat absorbers for the atmosphere and the land masses. Climate experts are warning that the oceans are losing their ability to cool us down…
In the mid-May report by the World Meteorological Organization it projected that average global temperatures are expected to soar to record highs over the next five years; driven not just by climate change, but the El Niño climate pattern. The 1 .5 degrees Celsius of warming has long been considered the magic number we cannot cross without facing some of the most dire consequences of global warming. With the average temperature of the earth warmer this week than it has been in 125,000 years, it remains to be seen if we are ready to heed that warning.