Damning climate change report reveals how records were smashed for greenhouse gas concentrations, global temperatures and sea level rise last year - as experts warn '2023 will linger long in the memor
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Damning climate change report reveals how records were smashed for greenhouse gas concentrations, global temperatures and sea level rise last year - as experts warn '2023 will linger long in the memor

Daily Mail  

A damning climate change report has confirmed that 2023 was a year of new climate records. The report, titled State of the Climate, shows that greenhouse gas concentrations were the highest on record last year, with carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide all reaching their highest measured atmospheric levels. It highlights six key climate change records that were smashed in 2023 - greenhouse gas concentrations, global temperature, sea-surface temperature, ocean heat, sea level, and Antarctic sea ice. Greenhouse gas concentrations - including CO2, methane and nitrous oxide - were the highest on record, while the global average surface temperature reached 1.46°C above pre-industrial levels. Greenhouse gas concentrations - including CO2, methane and nitrous oxide - were the highest on record, while the global average surface temperature reached 1.46°C above pre-industrial levels Antarctic sea ice reached an all-time record low in 2023.

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Record 2024 temperatures accelerate ice loss, rise in sea levels
6 days, 12 hours ago

Record 2024 temperatures accelerate ice loss, rise in sea levels

India Today  

Record greenhouse gas levels helped bring temperatures to an all-time high in 2024, accelerating glacier and sea ice loss, raising sea levels and edging the world closer to a key warming threshold, the U.N. weather body said on Wednesday. Annual average mean temperatures stood at 1.55 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels last year, surpassing the previous 2023 record by 0.1C, …

Last decade was Earth’s hottest ever as CO2 levels reach an 800,000-year high, says UN report
1 week ago

Last decade was Earth’s hottest ever as CO2 levels reach an 800,000-year high, says UN report

Associated Press  

Last year was the hottest year on record, the top 10 hottest years were all in the past decade and planet-heating carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are at an 800,000-year high, a report Wednesday said. The report said global heating is contributing to more extreme weather events that have led the highest levels of displacement for 16 years, contributed …

Long-term warming close to crossing 1.5°C Paris accord threshold: UN body
1 week ago

Long-term warming close to crossing 1.5°C Paris accord threshold: UN body

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi : Long-term global warming is currently estimated to be between 1.34 and 1.41 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels, the World Meteorological Organisation’s State of the Global Climate report has said. HT reported on March 14 that the world could cross the 1.5 degrees C long-term global warming threshold by September 2029 if current warming trend continues according …

Sea Level Rose At 0.59 Cm/Year Rate In 2024, And NASA Says It Was Faster Than Expected
1 week, 4 days ago

Sea Level Rose At 0.59 Cm/Year Rate In 2024, And NASA Says It Was Faster Than Expected

ABP News  

Climate News: Global sea levels rose faster than predicted in 2024, with NASA reporting a rate of 0.23 inches per year, compared to the expected 0.17 inches per year. “The rise we saw in 2024 was higher than we expected,” a NASA article quoted Josh Willis, a sea level researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as saying. “Every year is …

‘Unexpected’ rate of sea level rise in 2024: NASA
1 week, 5 days ago

‘Unexpected’ rate of sea level rise in 2024: NASA

Al Jazeera  

Earth’s oceans rose faster than expected last year as the world experienced its hottest year on record, NASA says. Sea levels rose faster than expected around the world in 2024 – the Earth’s hottest year on record, according to new findings from the United States’ NASA space agency, which attributed the rise to warming oceans and melting glaciers. Josh Willis, …

Record ocean, land temps continue; daily global sea ice extent reaches new low
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Record ocean, land temps continue; daily global sea ice extent reaches new low

Hindustan Times  

Record ocean and land temperatures that started last year continued with daily global sea ice extent combining the sea ice in both polar regions reaching a new all-time low early February. It remained below the previous February 2023 record for the rest of the month, a European Union’s Earth Observation Programme Copernicus Climate Change Service report said on Thursday. One …

Oceans warming four times faster than in 1980s, study finds
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Oceans warming four times faster than in 1980s, study finds

The Hindu  

A new study has found that the rate at which oceans are warming has become four times faster as compared to the last four decades. Published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, the study showed that ocean temperatures are rising at 0.27 degrees Celsius per decade during 2019-23, compared to 0.06 degrees Celsius every decade in the late 1980s. In …

Fact Check: Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Higher On Dec 24, 2024, Than On Same Date In 1979. Does This Disprove Climate Change?
2 months ago

Fact Check: Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Higher On Dec 24, 2024, Than On Same Date In 1979. Does This Disprove Climate Change?

ABP News  

The Verdict: Misleading While Antarctic sea ice trends vary, global climate systems confirm that climate change is occurring at an alarming rate. NSIDC noted that the slowdown in Antarctic sea ice extent loss during December offers a brief counterpoint to ongoing concerns but is insufficient to dismiss them entirely. Sea level extent—the Antarctic and the Arctic sea Payne quoted Ted …

Oceans boiled in 2024: Seas experienced hottest temperature, global weather to be hit
2 months, 1 week ago

Oceans boiled in 2024: Seas experienced hottest temperature, global weather to be hit

India Today  

A new study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences has revealed alarming findings regarding ocean temperatures, indicating that 2024 has set new records for heat levels. The ocean reached its highest recorded temperatures in 2024, not only at the surface but also extending to the upper 2000 meters, marking a significant milestone in climate science. Professor John Abraham from the …

Boiling seas and scorched land
2 months, 1 week ago

Boiling seas and scorched land

Hindustan Times  

A multi-country study that mapped heating across eight oceanic regions has found that six of these were at their warmest in 2024. This is the bleak backdrop to the succinct summation by Lijing Cheng, the lead researcher of the 2024 study: Broken records in the ocean have become a broken record. The heating up of the oceans accounts for more …

Temperature rising: 2024 becomes Earth's hottest year, surpasses 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Temperature rising: 2024 becomes Earth's hottest year, surpasses 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels

India TV News  

The year 2024 has been declared the world's warmest on record globally, becoming the first calendar year to exceed 1.5 C above its pre-industrial levels. Notably, the Copernicus findings are in alignment with other leading global temperature datasets, indicating 2024 was the hottest year since records began in 1850. Earth faces unprecedented warm conditions Copernicus also found that each year …

Planet crossed 1.5 degrees in 2024: A global climate wakeup call
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Planet crossed 1.5 degrees in 2024: A global climate wakeup call

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: At a time when Los Angeles wildfires are leaving a trail of mass destruction charring thousands of homes and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate, in what President Joe Biden called the most catastrophic fires in California’s history, the Copernicus Climate Change Service has confirmed 2024 as the hottest year on record, with global average temperatures reaching 1.6°C above …

Year 2024 exceeds 1.5°C threshold, becomes hottest year, says C3S report
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Year 2024 exceeds 1.5°C threshold, becomes hottest year, says C3S report

Live Mint  

The year 2024 was the hottest globally, marking the first time average global temperatures surpassed the 1.5°C threshold above pre-industrial levels, said the Copernicus Climate Change Service on Friday. The Paris Agreement says that pursuing the 1.5°C target “would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change”. “A single year with temperatures 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels does not mean …

Record hot 2024 was first year to break 1.5C warming threshold, scientists say
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Record hot 2024 was first year to break 1.5C warming threshold, scientists say

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service confirmed previous projections that 2024 was the warmest on record globally and the …

Earth crossed this climate milestone in 2024. Effects will be visible in 2025
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth crossed this climate milestone in 2024. Effects will be visible in 2025

India Today  

The world has officially crossed a significant climate milestone, with 2024 becoming the first full year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. This alarming revelation was confirmed by the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service on January 10, 2025, highlighting the urgent need for action against climate change. The rising greenhouse gas emissions are propelling …

2024 confirmed Earth’s hottest year ever, alarming 1.6°C rise in temperatures: Report
2 months, 2 weeks ago

2024 confirmed Earth’s hottest year ever, alarming 1.6°C rise in temperatures: Report

Live Mint  

Year 2024 has been adjudged the hottest year on Earth, with a record global average temperature of 15.1°Celsius, overtaking 2023 by 0.12°Celsius, the latest report by Copernicus Climate Change Service revealed. Global surface air temperature increase above the average for the pre-industrial reference period for each month from January 1940 to December 2024, plotted as time series for each year. …

2024 was Earth's hottest year ever, major climate threshold breached
2 months, 2 weeks ago

2024 was Earth's hottest year ever, major climate threshold breached

Hindustan Times  

Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, passing a major climate threshold, reported news agency Associated Press on Friday, citing weather monitoring agencies. 2024 was Earth's hottest year ever, major climate threshold breached: Report The news comes in the wake of deadly wildfires in the Californian city of Las Vegas, home to America's film industry ‘Hollywood’. 2024, Earth's hottest …

2024 declared hottest year on record, experts issue stark climate warning
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

2024 declared hottest year on record, experts issue stark climate warning

India Today  

2024 has officially been recorded as the hottest year in history, with a global average temperature of 15.10°C, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. The year also marked a significant milestone, with global temperatures reaching 1.60°C above pre-industrial levels, exceeding the critical 1.5°C limit for the first time in a calendar year. Otto also cited recent extreme weather events, …

2024 was the hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA confirm
2 months, 2 weeks ago

2024 was the hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA confirm

LA Times  

Amid a week of horrifying wildfires in Los Angeles, government agencies in the U.S. and around the world confirmed Friday that 2024 was the planet’s hottest year since recordkeeping began in 1880. But since warmer air holds more moisture, the higher temperatures “could have exacerbated some events this year.” Last year’s data also notes a step toward a major climate …

2024 was the hottest year on record. The reason remains a science mystery
2 months, 2 weeks ago

2024 was the hottest year on record. The reason remains a science mystery

NPR  

2024 was the hottest year on record. "The real punchline is, it was another really warm year," says Russell Vose, a climate scientist at NOAA's National Center for Environmental Information, the group that produces the temperature estimates. In some ways, the extreme hot temperatures from the past two years are not surprising at all, says Gavin Schmidt, a climate scientist …

Copernicus declares 2024 the hottest year on record and this is how it looked
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Copernicus declares 2024 the hottest year on record and this is how it looked

ABC  

The world has been at its hottest for the past 10 years, with 2024 now declared the official record-holder, according to data from the European Union's main climate service released on Friday. Well above the rest According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, 2024 was 1.6C warmer than pre-industrial times, easily beating the previous record year of 2023. "These high …

Earth records hottest ever year in 2024 and crosses key 1.5C threshold
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth records hottest ever year in 2024 and crosses key 1.5C threshold

Al Jazeera  

EU’s climate monitor says climate crisis is pushing temperatures to levels never experienced by modern humans. The milestone was confirmed by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service on Friday, which said the climate crisis is pushing the planet’s temperature to levels never before experienced by modern humans. The planet’s average temperature in 2024 was 1.6 degrees Celsius higher than …

2024 first year with average temperature exceeding 1.5°C
2 months, 2 weeks ago

2024 first year with average temperature exceeding 1.5°C

New Indian Express  

The world has experienced the first full year in which global temperatures have exceeded the key target of 1.5C above pre-industrial times, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service, which said the climate crisis is pushing the planet's temperature to levels never before experienced by modern humans. It also became the first year with an average temperature clearly …

2024 was the hottest year on record, breaching a critical climate goal and capping 10 years of unprecedented heat
2 months, 2 weeks ago

2024 was the hottest year on record, breaching a critical climate goal and capping 10 years of unprecedented heat

CNN  

CNN — It’s official: 2024 was the hottest year on record, breaking the previous record set in 2023 and pushing the world over a critical climate threshold, according to new data from Europe’s climate monitoring agency Copernicus. Scientists are much more concerned about breaches over decades, rather than single years — as above that threshold humans and ecosystems may struggle …

What climate records were broken in 2024?
2 months, 3 weeks ago

What climate records were broken in 2024?

Al Jazeera  

This year, 2024, is set to become the hottest on record, surpassing the previous high in 2023, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service. The agreement aimed to have countries work towards reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, with a goal of limiting the global average surface temperature increase to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels and striving to keep it …

2023 was extremely hot. Then came 2024
3 months ago

2023 was extremely hot. Then came 2024

NPR  

2023 was extremely hot. A surge in global temperatures made it the hottest year since record-keeping began in the mid-1800s, producing heat that one scientist called " gobsmackingly bananas." The year was also marked by destructive storms and heat waves, continuing a concerning trend as the Earth's temperatures steadily rise. The year also began with a strong El Niño event, …

Dwindling Antarctic sea ice driving more storms, study warns
3 months, 1 week ago

Dwindling Antarctic sea ice driving more storms, study warns

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Dwindling Antarctic sea ice is driving more storms in the Southern Ocean, a new study …

Melting sea ice in Antarctica causes ocean storms, scientists say
3 months, 1 week ago

Melting sea ice in Antarctica causes ocean storms, scientists say

Raw Story  

The record-breaking retreat of Antarctic sea ice in 2023 has led to more frequent storms over newly exposed parts of the Southern Ocean, according to a study published Wednesday. Scientists know that the loss of Antarctic sea ice can diminish penguin numbers, cause ice shelves to melt in warmer waters, and impede the Southern Ocean from absorbing carbon dioxide. Using …

The climate future: We're entering a world of falling GDP and overheated seas
3 months, 2 weeks ago

The climate future: We're entering a world of falling GDP and overheated seas

Live Mint  

Sitting down to write this newsletter, I was thinking about a way to introduce it that would chime in with the fact that we are in December. According to the November data of the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, the average global surface temperature was 1.62 degrees Celsius hotter than pre-industrial levels. View Full Image In May, a working …

NOAA: 2024 temperatures set to break last year’s global record
3 months, 2 weeks ago

NOAA: 2024 temperatures set to break last year’s global record

Politico  

NOAA’s findings are an ominous sign for global efforts to keep global temperatures from rising 1.5 C since the Industrial Revolution, a goal set out in the Paris climate agreement. Climate scientists had predicted earlier this year that 2024 would set a new record, but the trends are even more worrying than anticipated, said Zeke Hausfather, a research scientist at …

2024 on its way to being the hottest year ever, break record set in 2023
3 months, 2 weeks ago

2024 on its way to being the hottest year ever, break record set in 2023

India Today  

2024 is set to become the hottest year on record, with global temperatures expected to remain elevated into early 2025. This alarming prediction from European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service follows a series of extreme weather events worldwide, including severe droughts, floods, and heatwaves that have wreaked havoc across multiple continents. C3S reported that from January to November 2024, average …

EU climate monitor says 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

EU climate monitor says 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record

Al Jazeera  

The Copernicus Climate Change Service says this year is sure to eclipse 2023 as the hottest yet. Europe’s climate monitor says 2024 is “effectively certain” to be the hottest on record and the first year above the 1.5 degrees Celsius climate benchmark, a critical threshold to protect the Earth from dangerously overheating. The Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Monday …

2024 set to be hottest year on record as temperatures breach 1.5C threshold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

2024 set to be hottest year on record as temperatures breach 1.5C threshold

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The WMO said the global average temperature for January to September 2024 was 1.54C above pre-industrial levels, based on …

Earth on track for hottest year in recorded history, passing critical 1.5º warming threshold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Earth on track for hottest year in recorded history, passing critical 1.5º warming threshold

Salon  

The Copernicus Climate Change Service, a European Union organization that monitors global heating, announced on Thursday that the year 2024 will be 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels. "This marks a new milestone in global temperature records and should serve as a catalyst to raise ambition for the upcoming Climate Change Conference, COP29.” "This latest record sends another stark …

2024 Is 'Virtually Certain' To Be Hottest Year On Record, Climate Agency Says
4 months, 2 weeks ago

2024 Is 'Virtually Certain' To Be Hottest Year On Record, Climate Agency Says

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING 2024 is “virtually certain” to be the hottest year in recorded history and the first to exceed the warming limit that scientists agree the planet must stay beneath to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. The Copernicus Climate Change Service, the European Union agency that monitors warming trends, said this year is on track to exceed …

2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU climate agency
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4 months, 2 weeks ago

2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU climate agency

Raw Story  

A day after U.S. voters elected climate-denying Republican Donald Trump in the presidential race, soon ushering in an administration that is sure to expand fossil fuel drilling, the European Union's Earth observation agency announced that 2024 is "virtually certain" to be the hottest year on record and to hit a worrying temperature milestone. While a single year above the 1.5°C …

Fresh climate change warning ahead of COP29, 2024 will be hottest year on record
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Fresh climate change warning ahead of COP29, 2024 will be hottest year on record

Firstpost  

Barely days ahead of UN COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service has released a data in which it pointed out that the average global temperature from January to October had been so high that 2024 was sure to be the world’s hottest year The scientists said 2024 will also be the first year in …

2024 will be world's hottest on record, EU scientists say
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4 months, 2 weeks ago

2024 will be world's hottest on record, EU scientists say

The Hindu  

This year is "virtually certain" to eclipse 2023 as the world's warmest since records began, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday. C3S said that from January to October, the average global temperature had been so high that 2024 was sure to be the world's hottest year — unless the temperature anomaly in the rest of the …

European climate agency says this will likely be the hottest year on record — again
4 months, 2 weeks ago

European climate agency says this will likely be the hottest year on record — again

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — For the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s ever been. And for the first time, the globe this year reached more than 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming compared to the pre-industrial average, the European climate agency Copernicus said Thursday. Going over that number in 2024 doesn’t mean the overall trend line …

Year 2024 to be the first to breach 1.5C warming limit: EU climate agency
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Year 2024 to be the first to breach 1.5C warming limit: EU climate agency

Al Jazeera  

The Copernicus Climate Change Service warning comes days before nations are due to gather for crunch climate talks led by the UN. On Thursday, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said this year is also “virtually certain” to eclipse 2023 as the world’s warmest since records began. “This marks a new milestone in global temperature records and should serve as a …

World is on track for a ‘catastrophic’ rise in temperature, UN report says
4 months, 3 weeks ago

World is on track for a ‘catastrophic’ rise in temperature, UN report says

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world is on track for a “catastrophic” 3.1 degrees Celsius of global warming over …

Earth is likely to have its hottest year on record – again
5 months ago

Earth is likely to have its hottest year on record – again

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dr. Gavin Schmidt, the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, wrote on social media Tuesday that new …

The Run of Record-Breaking Heat Has Ended, for Now
7 months, 1 week ago

The Run of Record-Breaking Heat Has Ended, for Now

Wired  

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. July 2023 was in turn 0.28 degrees Celsius warmer than the previous record-hot July in 2019, so the remarkable jump in temperature during the past year has yet to ease off completely. The warmest global air temperature recorded was in December 2023, at 1.78 degrees Celsius above the …

‘Stark warning’ as global temperatures hit record levels for 13th month
8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Stark warning’ as global temperatures hit record levels for 13th month

Al Jazeera  

It has been 12 straight months that the world has been more than 1.5 degrees Celsius hotter than pre-industrial levels. Global temperatures were at record high levels in June for a 13th consecutive month, according to data by the European climate service Copernicus, which is raising the alarm over the warming climate. June also marked the 12th straight month that …

Oceans are changing: Nasa graphic shows how global sea levels are rising
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Oceans are changing: Nasa graphic shows how global sea levels are rising

India Today  

While several parts of the world including India reel under heatwaves, worsened by the El Nino phenomenon, oceans are not untouched. Nasa’s analysis, based on over 30 years of satellite observations starting with 1992 reveals a significant rise in global sea levels. Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, director of Nasa's sea level change team, predicts an additional 20 centimetres rise by 2050, …

Climate records keep getting shattered. Here is what you need to know
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Climate records keep getting shattered. Here is what you need to know

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Month after month, global temperatures are setting new records. Separately, the World Meteorological Organization estimated that there’s almost a one-in-two chance that average global temperatures from 2024 to 2028 will surpass the hoped-for warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times that was agreed in the Paris talks. Many climate scientists say warming trends are following what …

Climate records keep shattering. How worried should we be?
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Climate records keep shattering. How worried should we be?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Meanwhile, scientists and climate policymakers warn of the growing …

Record low sea-ice levels around Antarctica ‘likely due to climate change’
10 months ago

Record low sea-ice levels around Antarctica ‘likely due to climate change’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Record-breaking low levels of sea ice around Antarctica in 2023 may have been influenced by …

Summer of 2023 was hottest in 2,000 years, study finds
10 months, 1 week ago

Summer of 2023 was hottest in 2,000 years, study finds

LA Times  

An extreme summer marked by deadly heat waves, explosive wildfires and record warm ocean temperatures will go down as among the hottest in the last 2,000 years, new research has found. Notably, Copernicus found that the summer months of June, July and August last year measured 1.18 degrees warmer than average — still hot, but not nearly as warm as …

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