Europe's climate monitoring agency (C3S) reported on Monday that last month was the hottest June ever documented, extending a period of exceptional warmth. Some scientists believe this trend puts 2024 on pace to be the hottest year ever recorded.

C3S's monthly report highlights that every month since June 2023 (13 consecutive months) has been the hottest on record compared to the same month in prior years.

Preliminary data suggests 2024 might surpass 2023 as the hottest year ever. This possibility stems from a combination of human-induced climate change and the El Nino weather phenomenon, both of which have contributed to record-breaking temperatures so far this year.

"I presently estimate a roughly 95% probability that 2024 will be the warmest year on record, surpassing 2023, since global surface temperature measurements began in the mid-1800s," stated Zeke Hausfather, a researcher at Berkeley Earth.

The altered climate has already triggered disastrous consequences across the globe in 2024.

Over 1,000 individuals perished due to extreme heat during last month's Hajj pilgrimage. Heat-related fatalities were documented in New Dehli, which experienced an exceptionally lengthy heatwave, and among Greek tourists.

Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at Imperial College London's Grantham Institute, indicated a "high likelihood" that 2024 would be the hottest year ever recorded.

"El Nino is a natural cycle that will persist. We can't control El Nino, but we can halt the burning of oil, gas, and coal," she remarked.

El Nino, a natural phenomenon that warms the eastern Pacific Ocean's surface waters, generally increases global average temperatures.

This effect has subsided in recent months, and the world is currently in a neutral state before cooler La Nina conditions are anticipated to develop later this year.

The primary cause of climate change is the emission of greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels.