(FILES) A dead fish lies on the dried-up bed of a section of Iraq's receding southern marshes of Chibayish in Dhi Qar province, on June 28, 2022. Scientists warn of record heat, threats to climate monitoring. Planetary heating is intensifying and key climate indicators are deteriorating, top scientists said on June 11, 2026, warning that funding decisions affecting Earth observation systems in the United States and other countries threaten efforts to track global warming. (Photo by Asaad NIAZI / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) A pedestrian walks with an umbrella to shield from the sun amid a heatwave in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on June 28, 2022. Scientists warn of record heat, threats to climate monitoring. Planetary heating is intensifying and key climate indicators are deteriorating, top scientists said on June 11, 2026, warning that funding decisions affecting Earth observation systems in the United States and other countries threaten efforts to track global warming. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) A woman shades herself from the sun with her hand during a hot summer day in downtown Moscow on June 28, 2022, as the air temperature approaches 28 degrees Celsius. Scientists warn of record heat, threats to climate monitoring. Planetary heating is intensifying and key climate indicators are deteriorating, top scientists said on June 11, 2026, warning that funding decisions affecting Earth observation systems in the United States and other countries threaten efforts to track global warming. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) A worker drinks water in a construction site in Savenay, outside Nantes, on July 18, 2022, as a heatwave hits France. Scientists warn of record heat, threats to climate monitoring. Planetary heating is intensifying and key climate indicators are deteriorating, top scientists said on June 11, 2026, warning that funding decisions affecting Earth observation systems in the United States and other countries threaten efforts to track global warming. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) A worker drinks water during a break from loading sacks of wheat on a freight train at Chawa Pail railway station in Khanna, Punjab state, on May 19, 2022. Scientists warn of record heat, threats to climate monitoring. Planetary heating is intensifying and key climate indicators are deteriorating, top scientists said on June 11, 2026, warning that funding decisions affecting Earth observation systems in the United States and other countries threaten efforts to track global warming. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Aerial view of people walking along an almost dry arm of the Parana River, which water level reached a historic low, near Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, on August 22, 2021. Scientists warn of record heat, threats to climate monitoring. Planetary heating is intensifying and key climate indicators are deteriorating, top scientists said on June 11, 2026, warning that funding decisions affecting Earth observation systems in the United States and other countries threaten efforts to track global warming. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) A child puts her hand in the water of a fountain in downtown Moscow on June 28, 2022, as the air temperature approaches 28 degrees Celsius. Scientists warn of record heat, threats to climate monitoring. Planetary heating is intensifying and key climate indicators are deteriorating, top scientists said on June 11, 2026, warning that funding decisions affecting Earth observation systems in the United States and other countries threaten efforts to track global warming. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) Dry sunflowers pictured on September 11, 2012 in Toulouse, southwestern France, attestes the extremely low ground-water level due to the lack of rain in the last months. AFP PHOTO / REMY GABALDA. Scientists warn of record heat, threats to climate monitoring. Planetary heating is intensifying and key climate indicators are deteriorating, top scientists said on June 11, 2026, warning that funding decisions affecting Earth observation systems in the United States and other countries threaten efforts to track global warming. (Photo by REMY GABALDA / AFP via Getty Images)