July ends 13-month streak of global heat records, but experts warn against relief

Climate scientists say that the world is continuing to warm, despite brief respite in record breaking temperatures

Earth's string of 13 straight months with a new average heat record came to an end this past July as the natural El Nino climate pattern ebbed, the European climate agency Copernicus announced on Wednesday.

But July 2024's average heat just missed surpassing last year's July, and scientists said the end of the record-breaking streak changes nothing about the threat posed by the climate crisis.