2024 likely to be hottest year on record, first to exceed Paris agreement threshold

(The Hill) - This year will likely be the warmest ever recorded, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said in a statement Thursday. In its announcement, Copernicus noted that last month was itself the second-warmest October ever recorded, behind only 2023's.

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It was also the 15th of the last 16 months in which global average surface air temperatures exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average...