Monday Recorded as the Hottest Day on Earth; Tuesday Breaks Monday's Record

The entire planet experienced unprecedented heat over two consecutive days. According to scientists from the Climate Analysis section of the University of Maine, Monday and Tuesday were the hottest days ever recorded in human history. As reported by the Associated Press, scientists named Monday, July 3, as the hottest day on Earth, with an average global temperature of 17.01 degrees Celsius (62.62 degrees Fahrenheit). The previous record was from August 2016, when the average global temperature was 16.62 degrees. On Tuesday, July 4, the temperature rose by an average of 0.17 degrees Celsius, breaking Monday's global record. The same climate calculator from the University of Maine, based on satellite data and computer simulations, predicted a similar temperature for Wednesday, which is likely to reach record levels. Predictions estimate that the average temperature in Antarctica on Wednesday will be 4.5 degrees warmer than the average temperature for that region between 1979 and 2000 on the same day. According to the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center, this week in the United States, heat advisories were issued for over 30 million people in areas including parts of western Oregon, northern California, central New Mexico, Texas, Florida, and the Carolinas. The center stated that heat advisories in southern Arizona and California are still ongoing. The increase in global average temperature means tougher living conditions for people worldwide. When the Earth's temperature rises, human health is at risk.