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A pedestrian uses an umbrella to shield against the sun while passing through Times Square as temperatures rise, July 27, 2023, in New York. At about summer's halfway point, the record-breaking heat and weather extremes are both unprecedented and unsurprising, hellish yet boring in some ways, scientists say. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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Here's how hot and extreme the summer has been, and it's only halfway over
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Mon,07/31/23-10:07AM , 257 Reads
At about summer's halfway point, the record-breaking heat and weather extremes are both unprecedented and unsurprising, hellish yet boring in some ways, scientists say.
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A woman fans herself in Madrid, Spain, July 10, 2023. July has been so hot so far that scientists calculate that this month will be the hottest globally on record and likely the warmest human civilization has seen, even though there are several days left to sweat. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

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July has been so blistering hot, scientists already calculate that it's the warmest month on record
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Thu,07/27/23-8:38AM , 247 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — July has been so hot thus far that scientists calculate that this month will be the hottest globally on record and likely the warmest human civilization has seen, even though there are several days left to sweat through.
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In this image provide by NOAA, the sun shines on coral showing sign of bleaching at Cheeca Rocks off the coast of Islamorada, Fla., on July 23, 2023. Scientists have seen devastating effects from prolonged hot water surrounding Florida — coral bleaching and some death. (Andrew Ibarra/NOAA via AP)

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South Florida waters hit hot tub level and may have set world record for warmest seawater
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Tue,07/25/23-7:09PM , 531 Reads
The water temperature around the tip of Florida has hit triple digits — hot tub levels — two days in a row. Meteorologists say it could be the hottest seawater ever measured, although some questions about the reading remain.
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A woman fans herself in Madrid, Spain, July 10, 2023. A new study Tuesday, July 25, finds these intense and deadly hot spells gripping much of the globe in the American Southwest and Southern Europe could not have occurred without climate change. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

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Climate change leaves fingerprints on July heat waves around the globe, study says
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Tue,07/25/23-12:04AM , 1,092 Reads
The fingerprints of climate change are all over the intense heat waves gripping the globe this month, a new study finds.
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