Get ready for several years of even more record-breaking heat that pushes Earth to more deadly, fiery and uncomfortable extremes, two of the world's top weather agencies forecast.

Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, weather monitoring agencies announced Friday. It's the first time ...

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 ...

By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer. Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, weather monitoring agencies ...

Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday. Last year's ...

Earth records hottest year ever in 2024 — and the jump was so big it breached a key threshold ... “The 1.5 degree C threshold isn’t just a number — it’s a red flag.

Even without hitting the long-term 1.5-degree threshold, "we have seen the consequences of climate change, these extreme climate events," Julien said — meaning worsening floods, storms, droughts ...

Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday. Last year’s ...

Global warming reached a new peak in 2024, with temperatures surpassing 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, a significant breach of the critical threshold set by climate agreements.

This is the first time any year passed the 1.5-degree threshold, except for a 2023 measurement by Berkeley Earth, which was originally funded by philanthropists who were skeptical of global warming.