This summer was hot. August shattered global heat records

0:00If you thought this summer felt hotter than previous ones, you were right. Temperatures around the world were unusually warm and even surpassed several heat records including in the US and Pierre's Ava Burger reports. It is so hot it is sticking to my skin and I've only been outside for about 20 minutes so I'm in a suburb of Dallas today. I am walking around talking to people who work outside. All right that's it. Postal Service worker, Mumba Chipwit, loads his crossbody bag to deliver mail to the next block of houses. Chipwit says he's used to the heat. He walks 15 miles a day with a 10-pound bag. He's been doing it for the past 20 years. 15 miles in this heat. Yes, hello. For me it's like going to the gym. Like any good gym trip. He says you have to be smart about it. He chugs water the night before. Reapply somebuck every two hours. Where's a wide brimmed white hat and keeps a towel full of ice wrapped around his neck.

1:00It's about dedication. It's about dedication. I'm getting dedicated to do this. That's what it is. He is among millions of Americans this summer who found themselves under heat advisories and extreme heat warnings. This week the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that for the lower 48 this summer from June to August was the warmest in 132 years of record keeping. Globally, this August ties with July 2023 as the hottest August on record. That's according to the European Climate Service Copernicus. Climate scientist Daniel Swain says there's one main reason why it's so hot. Well, the number one reason is climate change. Full stop. You know, in the earth is forming. It's been warming. It continues to warm. Swain is at the University of California, agriculture, and natural resources. He and other scientists are increasingly able to make this connection between heat and climate change. Swain says there's also additional elevated temperatures due to the developing

2:03El Nino climate pattern. Scientists say that El Nino years can be the hottest years on record. It is a natural pattern that is occurring in an unnaturally warming world. That's Alexander Gershinov. He's a research meteorologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. He says El Nino, along with climate change, means... It pretty much guarantees that we'll set a new global temperature record this year. Bottom line says Daniel Swain expect more record breaking heat. Ava Burger and Peer News doubts.