Monday was hottest recorded day on Earth

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/24/...

"All of the 10 hottest days in the last 50 years, occurred in the last 15 years"

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Also: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/25/...

UK sea surface temperatures 0.9C higher than the 1961 to 1990 average

For those like me who didn't know:

"Global surface temperature (GST) refers to the average temperature of Earth's surface. It is determined nowadays by measuring the temperatures over the ocean and land, and then calculating a weighted average. The temperature over the ocean is called the sea surface temperature." Wikipedia

I've been wondering a lot lately how long can civilization really continue? It isn't looking good to me, but no one could ever accuse me of being an optimist.