just how exceptional temperatures have been. the grey lines here show average day to day temperatures since 19110 and let s now add in this year. and look how it peaks on 6july, that was the hottest day ever recorded with an average global temperature of 17.18 degrees celsius. and if you re thinking that sounds a little bit low, it s because it is global. it includes everywhere from the arctic to the antarctic and day and night. and now look howjuly continues to be exceptionally hot. this graph gives us all thejulys since 1880, when the industrial revolution and carbon emissions really started to take off. and look how the temperature has steadily risen to where we are now. this, of course, is how the weather looked for most of us here in the uk thisjuly. even if there was record heat elsewhere. it was a very different story last year, though, with that record breaking heatwave. 57 weather stations across the country recorded all time high temperatures.
now look howjuly continues to be exceptionally hot. this graph gives us all thejulys since 1880 when the industrial revolution and carbon emissions really started to take off. and look how the temperature has steadily risen to where we are now. this, of course, it s how the weather looked for most of us here in the uk thisjuly, even if there was record heat elsewhere. it was a very different story last year, though, with that record breaking heatwave. 57 weather stations across the country recorded all time high temperatures. look how widespread they are. there were records broken in all the nations of the uk. hello. is the uk ready for the extremes of climate change will bring? i have got some fresh water here for you. residents at this care home in bristol really suffered in the heat last year. the manager plans to make big changes to protect
this graph gives us all thejulys since 1880, when the industrial revolution and carbon emissions really started to take off. and look how the temperature has steadily risen to where we are now. this, of course, is how the weather looked for most of us here in the uk thisjuly. even if there was record heat elsewhere. it was a very different story last year, though, with that record breaking heatwave. 57 weather stations across the country recorded all time high temperatures. look how widespread they are. there were records broken in all the nations of the uk. so what can be done? well, we can plant more trees. they soak up carbon from the atmosphere, but it takes time for them to grow and the c02 can be released back when they die. a british start up company has developed small scale units that can strip carbon dioxide from the air. it can then be permanently
events around the world, whether they re heat events, wildfires, droughts, even flooding events linked with climate change as well. and we re going to see more of those much more frequently, more intense, more prolonged as our climate continues to change. let s take a look atjust how exceptional temperatures have been. the grey lines here show average day to day temperatures since 1940 and let s now add in this year. and look how it peaks onjuly 6th, that was the hottest day ever recorded with an average global temperature of 17.18 degrees celsius. and if you re thinking that sounds a little bit low, it s because it is global. it includes everywhere from the arctic to the antarctic and day and night. and now look howjuly continues to be exceptionally hot. this graph gives us all thejulys since 1880, when the industrial revolution and carbon emissions really started to take off. and look