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The hottest year on record was in 2024
The world’s temperature in 2023 was 1.1C above the average 1850-1901 period, and Earth is 1.3C prior to El Nio, NOAA said. Last year’s temperature was 1.5C above the average 1850-1901 period, according to its data. “The real punchline is, it was another really warm year,” said Russell Vose, a climate scientist at NOAA’s National…
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The risk of hurricanes is growing.
Scientists have suggested that climate change could have led to the La Nina-type hurricanes that hit the US this year. “There appears to be this window of time within which you…might want to help people better understand what those risks are, and make links to climate change,” a researcher said. According to climate model predictions,…