We're doing every Tuesday, all this year on the show, and as the summer season winds down

on this day after Labor Day, let's take stock of some historic facts.

June and July this year were the hottest on record, and 2023 is on track to be the warmest

year in recent history, meaning since they started keeping modern records.

And while it may be physically very uncomfortable, the rising heat, which is starting earlier

in the year and keeping winters mild as well, is already having a big impact on everything

from plants to animals and even industrial activity.

Bloomberg recently reported on how the rising temperatures are impacting key environmental

and economic factors around the world, from Florida keys, coral reefs to India's wheat

production, and even pine trees in New Jersey.

Zara Hewji is here.

She is a Bloomberg News climate reporter and joins us now to discuss her reporting.

She and her team at Bloomberg wrote the recent piece called Rising Temperatures Are Reaking

Havoc Year Round.

Zara, welcome to WNYC.

Thank you so much for coming on.

Thank you for having me.

We're going to talk about long-term trends, which is really how we know the extent of

global warming, but about this summer in particular, who set records?

Everywhere set records.

I mean, there have been major global records, as you mentioned, so this was the hottest

June and July on record globally, but then there's also been daily records set, monthly records

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