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The San Antonio Fire spreads uphill west of Petaluma, California, Friday, June 30, 2023
EARTH’S average temperature remained at a record high on Wednesday, after two days in which the planet reached unofficial records, the latest marker in a series of climate-change-driven extremes.
The average global temperature was 17.18°C, according to the University of Maine's climate reanalyser, a tool that uses satellite data and computer simulations to measure the world’s condition.
That matched a record set on Tuesday of 17.18°C, and came after a previous record of 17.01°C was set on Monday.
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When it comes to extreme weather events, from wildfires to flash floods, it’s firefighters who are on the front line of defence, but services have been cut to the bone, and government is not taking seriously its responsibility for the environment, says STEVE WRIGHT
