{"id":"b470ca55-a314-4181-9b34-062745cd0983","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93vde0n2l4o","domain":"bbc.co.uk","outlet":{"name":"BBC","country":"GB","cred":5,"lean":0,"curated":true,"owner":"British Broadcasting Corporation"},"title":"August was joint hottest month on record, says European climate agency","plainHeadline":"August tied for the hottest month on record, EU climate service reports.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["August 2024 was joint-hottest month on record, tying July 2023, per Copernicus.","Temperatures ran about 1.65C above pre-industrial levels, breaching the 1.5C threshold conceptually.","El Niño influences and human-caused climate change drove heat into the atmosphere and oceans.","Western Europe experienced its warmest summer on record, with UK also recording its hottest summer since 1884.","Experts warned of real human costs and urged reducing fossil fuel use to avoid further extremes."],"topics":["Climate","Environment","Science"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-10T02:05:47.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-10T02:15:36.866Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/76cb5bc4-4eb9-4862-a84a-98a6f043e71d","storyId":"76cb5bc4-4eb9-4862-a84a-98a6f043e71d","image":"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/240/cpsprodpb/eae1/live/3afbb100-ac5f-11f1-be57-03729df1d736.jpg","author":"Matt McGrath","dek":"Climate change and the rising influence of El Niño saw August reach the record for warmest month."}