At about summer's halfway point, scientists say the world’s record-breaking heat and weather extremes are both unprecedented and unsurprising. American and European meteorologists also expect a hotter-than-normal August and September. Gavin Schmidt is a NASA climate scientist. He told The Associated Press, “The heat waves that we’re seeing in the U.S. and in Europe, in China are demolishing records left, right and center. This is not a surprise.” “We’re going to be seeing this pretty much this year and into next year," Schmidt said. Along with human-caused climate change, there is also the natural El Nino warming of the Pacific Ocean.
