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There are floods, fires and heatwaves nearly every day. Scientists said July was the hottest month ever. July is usually the world's warmest month of the year. The scientists said July 2021 "is the hottest July and hottest month ever". Earth's temperature in July was 0.93 degree Celsius higher than the 20th-century average.

The scientists are worried. The U.N. made a 4,000-page report on climate change. It said humans have changed the climate. It said it is clear that human actions have warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land. Extreme weather will continue. Every region will see big changes in weather. There will be baking heat and floods.

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We see floods, fires and heatwaves on TV nearly every day. Scientists just announced that July was the hottest month ever. The scientists said: "July is typically the world's warmest month of the year, but July 2021 outdid itself as the hottest July and hottest month ever." Earth's land and ocean temperature in July was 0.93 degree Celsius higher than the 20th-century average. The Northern Hemisphere was 1.54 degrees Celsius hotter than average.

The scientists are worried. They said: "In this case, first place is the worst place to be." The U.N. just issued a 4,000-page report on climate change. It said humans had changed the climate. It wrote: "It is [clear] that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land." It said extreme weather would continue. Every region will experience "multiple changes" in weather. There will be baking heat and floods.

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We see floods, fires and heatwaves on TV news nearly every day now. Scientists have just announced that July was the hottest month ever. Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the USA said: "July is typically the world's warmest month of the year, but July 2021 outdid itself as the hottest July and hottest month ever." Earth's land and ocean temperature in July was 0.93 degree Celsius higher than the 20th-century average of 15.8 degrees. The Northern Hemisphere was 1.54 degrees Celsius hotter than average.

NOAA said this heat record was worrying. It said: "In this case, first place is the worst place to be." The U.N. just issued a 4,000-page report on climate change. The report is from the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change. It stated that humans had changed the climate. It wrote: "It is [clear] that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land." A total of 234 scientists from 66 countries wrote the report. It said extreme weather would continue and "every region" would experience "multiple changes" in weather, like boiling heat and flooding.

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We hear about climate change pretty much every day now. We see pictures of floods, fires and heatwaves on TV news. Scientists have just announced that July was the hottest month ever recorded. The scientists are from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the USA. A spokesperson from NOAA said: "July is typically the world's warmest month of the year, but July 2021 outdid itself as the hottest July and hottest month ever." NOAA said Earth's land and ocean surface temperature in July was 0.93 degree Celsius higher than the 20th-century average of 15.8 degrees Celsius. The Northern Hemisphere was 1.54 degrees Celsius hotter than average.

The NOAA spokesperson said this new record was worrying. He said: "In this case, first place is the worst place to be." The announcement from NOAA comes a week after a 4,000-page report on climate change from the United Nations. Its report is from the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It clearly stated that humans had changed the climate. It wrote: "It is [clear] that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land." A total of 234 scientists from 66 countries worked on the report. It warns that extreme weather will continue to get worse. It says "every region" will experience "multiple changes" in weather, like sweltering heat and flooding.

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