Earth keeps breaking global heat records
In this week's Extreme Climate Update, we examine how hot Earth could actually get
![Photo of a sign showing extreme heat in France, with a temperature of 41 degrees Celsius on July 26.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/072924_cg_extremeheat_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
As a heat wave baked southern Europe in July, temperatures soared to 41° Celsius (nearly 106° Fahrenheit) in Hyères, a city on the French Mediterranean coast, on July 26.
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