July 2023 was the hottest month on record. 🌡️⁣

July 2023 was 1.18°C above the 1951-1980 July average according to NASA’s GISTEMP record. The record dates back to 1880, when consistent global recordkeeping became possible.⁣
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This record-breaking summer is part of a pattern of increasing global temperatures caused by human activities, especially carbon dioxide emissions. Overall, annual global temperatures have risen about 1°C on average since 1880.⁣
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Our planet is already feeling the effects of record-breaking temperatures and a changing climate. 2023 brought sweltering heat waves, record high Atlantic sea surface temperatures, and fires in Canada sending smoke thousands of miles away.⁣
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Since day one, the Biden-Harris Administration has treated the climate crisis as the existential threat of our time. The President’s Inflation Reduction Act – the largest climate investment in history – is strengthening climate resilience in communities nationwide and positioning the U.S. to achieve President Biden’s goal of cutting climate pollution in half by 2030.