or later to buy fertilizer and vegetables.
I practically can’t move because of the heat.” Customers don’t venture out until 5 p.m. I take refuge there when the heat becomes unbearable,” said Sy, who tries to work from 6 a.m. “I have a small shelter built from wooden poles and scraps of cloth. For Abdallahi Sy, a 56-year-old farmer who works in the market gardens, environmental changes have reduced his already-meager income. People are also feeling the effects in Nouakchot, Mauritania’s capital city, on the shores of the Atlantic. To combat heat and humidity, children on Thursday frolicked in the Nile River while pedestrians hunted the shade. 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. And the White House said the data show the need for legislative action. Though the figures are unofficial, many scientists agree they indicate climate change is reaching uncharted territory. 08 degrees Fahrenheit (.04 degrees Celsius) higher than any week in 44 years of record-keeping, according to Climate Reanalyzer data. That metric showed that Earth’s average temperature on Wednesday remained at an unofficial record high, 62.9 degrees Fahrenheit (17.18 degrees Celsius), set the day before.Īnd for the seven-day period ending Wednesday, the daily average temperature was.
On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration distanced itself from the designation, compiled by the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer, which uses satellite data and computer simulations to measure the world’s condition. (AP) - Sweltering 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.
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