Earth hits hottest summer on record, EU climate monitor says

FILE - A person wipes sweat from their brow at Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, California, July 7, 2024. FILE - Visitors walk in the sunflower fields at Kasai Rinkai Park in Tokyo, Aug. 2, 2024, after Japan sweltered through its hottest July since records began 126 years ago.

The Earth has just experienced its hottest summer on record, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said Friday.