July has been so blistering hot, scientists already calculate that it's the warmest month on record

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 civilisation has seen, even though there are several days left to sweat through.

The World Meteorological Organisation and the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service on Thursday proclaimed July's heat is beyond record-smashing. They said Earth's temperature has been temporarily passing over a key warming threshold: the internationally accepted goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Temperatures were 1.5 degrees warmer than pre-industrial times for a record 16 days this month, but the Paris climate accord aims to keep the 20- or 30-year global temperature average to 1.5 degrees. A few days of temporarily beating that threshold have happened before, but never in July.

July has been so blistering hot, scientists already calculate that it's the warmest month on record

It has likely been the warmest month human civilisation has seen, even though there are several days left t...