Sunday was probably the hottest day on earth since at least 1940 – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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Sunday was probably the hottest day on Earth since at least 1940.

That’s according to preliminary data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. The world has been smashing records lately thanks to climate change: 2023 was the hottest year on record. Last summer was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in at least 2,000 years. And there’s still time to break more records this summer.

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