2023 Global Warming Impacts: An Overview

In much of China, summer now arrives 15–60 days earlier (with temperatures hitting 30°C around Lixia) and ends 10–30 days later. In some areas, precipitation has dropped by as much as two-thirds, pushing them into water scarcity, and in a few regions crop yields have nearly failed due to water shortages. Meanwhile, extreme weather events—including hail, torrential rain and flooding, and severe cold (primarily extreme heat)—are increasing.

Summer just started and it’s already sweltering—what’s happening to Earth?