Climate Crisis

Scientists describe ‘gobsmacking’ temperatures after record September heat

‘This is weather that globally we have not experienced in at least thousands of years’

September 2023: A firefighter at a wildfire on burned peatland and fields in Ogan Ilir, south Sumatra, Indonesia. Photograph: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images
September 2023: A firefighter at a wildfire on burned peatland and fields in Ogan Ilir, south Sumatra, Indonesia. Photograph: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images
Kevin O'Sullivan
Thu Oct 05 2023 - 08:50 • 4 MIN READ

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Kevin O'Sullivan

Kevin O'Sullivan

Kevin O'Sullivan is Environment and Science Editor and former editor of The Irish Times