Update: August joint-hottest month on record as climate change and El Niño drive heat

BBC Science & Environment has reported on “Update: August joint-hottest month on record as climate change and El Niño drive heat,” presenting it as the central development in the source material available for this brief.

The available account reports that climate change and the rising influence of El Niño saw August reach the record for warmest month.

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