Euronews.green reports that this year's August was the hottest ever since recordings began, with the previous two months of July and June also being among the hottest compared to their predecessors. This year's August, experts say, was about 1.5 degrees Celsius warner compared to pre-industrial levels.

At the same time, making up over 70% of the planet's surface, the oceans also registered the highest temperatures yet, at almost 21 degrees Celsius, setting new records for three months straight.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement that "climate breakdown has begun."

According to climate scientists at the European climate service Copernicus, 2023 could be the second-warmest year in history after 2016, with the main causes believed to be human-induced climate change. Thus, burning coal, gas and oil plus the weather phenomenon El Nino caused Earth's temperatures to increase significantly.

Copernicus Climate Change Service Director Carlo Buontempo explained that "what we are observing, not only new extremes but the persistence of these record-breaking conditions, and the impacts these have on both people and planet, are a clear consequence of the warming of the climate system."

September could break yet another record, as temperatures so far shaped up to be higher than what's been previously recorded for this month.