As we approach the second half of 2024, a worrying trend has taken hold around the world. Temperatures soared to unprecedented heights, pushing the global average to an unprecedented 17.16 \u00b0C (62.89 \u00b0F) in July and intensifying drought conditions worldwide.<\/p>\n
This searing escalation of global heat is not isolated \u2013 its consequences are reflected in ecosystems, economies and the daily lives of millions of people.<\/p>\n
Impacts of global drought<\/strong><\/p>\n Such extreme heat has culminated in accelerated evaporation of soil water, leaving vegetation in a fragile state and stressing biodiversity in many regions of the world.<\/p>\n Coupled with atypically low rainfall, major river basins such as the Amazon, La Plata and Zambezi have seen shrinking water flows, which has significantly affected the wider ecosystems and economies associated with them. (Rodielon Putol, more at earth.com<\/span><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As we approach the second half of 2024, a worrying trend has taken hold across the globe. Temperatures have soared to unprecedented highs, pushing the global average in July to an unprecedented 17.16\u00b0C (62.89\u00b0F) and intensifying drought conditions worldwide. This hot escalation of global heat is not isolated \u2013 its consequences are being felt across ecosystems, economies and [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-klimaticka-zmena"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co2news.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}