Melina Walling, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

A pedestrian shades herself with an umbrella in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, July 5, 2023. The entire planet sweltered for the two unofficial hottest days in human record keeping Monday and Tuesday, according to University of Maine scientists at the Climate Reanalyzer project. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Earth hits an unofficial record high temperature

by Seth Borenstein Associated Press, and Melina Walling Associated PressJuly 6, 2023

Earth’s average temperature on Wednesday remained at an unofficial record high set the day before, the latest grim milestone in a week that has seen a series of climate-change-driven extremes.The average global temperature was 17.18 Celsius (62.9…