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August hottest month ever recorded globally as huge El Niño emerges

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What happened

Europe's climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest month ever recorded worldwide and warned of worse to come as an unprecedented El Niño pattern grows stronger.

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  • Europe's climate monitor said Thursday that August was the hottest month ever recorded worldwide and warned of worse to come as an unprecedented El Niño pattern grows stronger.
  • Reported by Phys.org and published Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:30:01 UTC.

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