🚨 Global Temperature Report for 2024
2024 was the hottest year since instrumental measurements began.
3.3 billion people had their locally warmest year.
The warming rate appears to have increased, likely due to reductions in aerosol pollution & cloud cover.
https://berkeleyearth.org/global-temperature-report-for-2024/
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2024 was the hottest year since instrumental measurements began.
3.3 billion people had their locally warmest year.
The warming rate appears to have increased, likely due to reductions in aerosol pollution & cloud cover.
https://berkeleyearth.org/global-temperature-report-for-2024/
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This is our second year above 1.5 °C and the first above 1.6 °C.
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While the back half of 2024 was mostly cooler than the 2023 records, temperatures never really dropped the way we usually expect after an El Niño.
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As a result, ~3.3 billion people — 40% of the Earth's population — experienced their warmest year ever.
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Recent regional warming is shown on this chart, and each circle outlined in black is a new record.
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The land-average in particular surged to an impressive new high, well above the previous record set just last year.
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