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• And for the seven-day period ending Wednesday, the daily average temperature was .08 degrees Fahrenheit (.04 degrees Celsius) higher than any week in 44 years of record-keeping, according to Climate Reanalyzer data.Though the figures are unofficial, many scientists agree they indicate climate change is reaching uncharted territory.
• Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the latest numbers help prove “that climate change is out of control.” “If we persist in delaying key measures that are needed, I think we are moving into a catastrophic situation, as the last two records in temperature demonstrates,” he said.
• I’m starting to think seriously that I’m going to leave Timbuktu.”Last week, Egypt experienced one of its many summer heatwaves, with temperatures soaring above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.7 degrees Celsius), according to the country’s national weather forecaster.
• The unofficial heat records come after months of unusually hot conditions due to climate change and a strong El Nino event.
• (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)ASSOCIATED PRESSSweltering heat is blanketing much of the planet, and one unofficial analysis says the past seven days have been the hottest week on record, the latest grim milestone in a series of climate-change-driven extremes.
• More frequent and more intense heat waves are disrupting life around the world and causing life-threatening temperatures.In Timbuktu, Mali — at the gateway to the Sahara Desert — 50-year-old Fatoumata Arby said this kind of heat is new.