CNN — Extraordinary global heat continues its streak. With that new data point, some scientists warn there is a strong chance 2024 could beat 2023 as the warmest year on record. Lisa Marie David/Reuters Unprecedented global heat is being driven by the long-term trend of global warming — mainly caused by humans burning fossil fuels — boosted by El Niño, …
The planet has experienced its ninth consecutive month of record-breaking warmth, with a simmering February rounding out the Northern Hemisphere’s hottest meteorological winter on record, international climate officials announced this week. The global surface temperature in February was 56.4 degrees — about 0.2 of a degree warmer than the previous February record set in 2016, according to the European Union’s …
