(FILES) This photo taken on June 14, 2019 shows an Indian man searching for fish in a last bit of water in the dried out Puzhal reservoir on the outskirts of Chennai. 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 ARUN SANKAR / AFP via Getty Images)