The sweltering heat has had a global impact, with record temperatures registered from Death Valley in California to a township in northwest China. Wildfires have also raged in Canada and southern Europe.
Last year, an "atmospheric river" originating from Australia drove subtropical heat and moisture into the continent, causing unprecedented temperatures up to 38.5 Celsius above normal.
The decision comes 12 years after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that led to the Fukushima nuclear meltdown.
When waves ricochet off the shore, they collide with incoming waves and cause a ripple of energy through the seafloor that can be picked up by seismographs designed to detect earthquakes. The greater the impact, the taller the wave is.
The report disclosed that more than 6.5 billion people, representing 81% of the world's population, endured at least one day in July where climate change significantly affected the average daily temperature.
Members of a European delegation said that China and oil-rich Saudi Arabia had backed away from making commitments at the meetings but China rejected that.
Australia has been lobbying for years to keep the reef - which contributes about A$6 billion ($4 billion) to the economy and supports 64,000 jobs - off the endangered list as it could lead to losing the heritage status, taking some shine off its attraction for tourists.
The heatwave is attributed to an anticyclone named Cerberus, a high-pressure system that brings about dry and settled weather with limited cloud formation and little wind.
The past three weeks have been the hottest since records began, with global temperatures shattering previous records.
By early evening, a significant stretch of the coastline was covered with beached whales, prompting an urgent response from volunteers and authorities.
Mangroves, thriving in saline coastal habitats of the tropics and subtropics, are robust sentinels against sea-level rise and coastal erosion.
Throughout July, extreme weather has wreaked havoc across the globe, with record-breaking temperatures in China, the United States, and southern Europe.
The Batagaika crater, the world's largest permafrost crater, is expanding at an alarming rate due to the thawing of the permafrost.
The question has been in the spotlight amid this week's climate talks between the U.S. and China, where the world's two biggest economies tried to find ways to work together.
A top NASA climatologist, Gavin Schmidt, said on Thursday that July 2023 will probably be the world's hottest month in "hundreds, if not thousands, of years".
El Nino is a natural phenomenon that in addition to contributing to higher temperatures in many parts of the world, also drives tropical cyclones in the Pacific and boosts rainfall and flood risk in parts of the Americas, Asia and elsewhere.
Last year, heatwaves resulted in over 61,600 heat-related fatalities across 35 European countries and triggered devastating wildfires.
While India is suffering from flash floods due to incessant rains, Europe is facing a record-shattering heat storm, and a similar situation is peaking in the US.
"Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Poland are all facing a major heatwave with temperatures expected to climb to 48 Celsius on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia – potentially the hottest temperatures ever recorded in Europe," the European Space Agency said.
Scientists have dubbed this epoch as the Anthropocene. Derived from Greek terms for “human” and “new” — Anthropocene — this epoch started sometime between 1950 and 1954.
