Heatwave

New York City has opened up hundreds of fire hydrants to help locals cope with hot temperatures.

Such is the rate of global warming that scientists predict that the Lost Mountain glacier in northern Spain will disappear altogether within twenty years.

Unprecedented wildfires, a record melt of the sea ice and some more extreme weather episodes have marked the 2019 summer season in the Arctic Circle. It was on a par or worse than the 2012 record melt and heat levels, showing that the North Pole is the frontline of the global climate crisis.

July was the warmest month ever recorded, with average temperatures close to 1.2°C above the pre-industrial level.

July 2019 may have been hottest month on record

June 2019 was the warmest on record - with temperatures in Europe 2C above normal