A heat mirage on an expressway during a countrywide heat wave in Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 26, 2024. Kazi Salahuddin Razu / NurPhoto via Getty Images
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The planet just had its hottest April ever recorded, extending a streak of 11 consecutive record-setting months, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
The monthly bulletin from C3S said the average global temperature was 1.61 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average — the highest for a…
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