Breaking News!
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The global surface temperature anomaly has now been released for last year. According to Copernicus, 2024 was 1.60°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC baseline!
https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-2024-first-year-exceed-15degc-above-pre-industrial-level
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https://twitter.com/NASAEarth/status/1877751926000947557?t=-GtI6WjD8_KUAXk1JAWWkw&s=19
https://bsky.app/profile/berkeleyearth.org/post/3lffn6wxenk2u
Yikes 😬
*Insert favourite "this is fine" meme here*
"Won't someone think of the children?!" Most people: "nah".
Source huffpost (on my TL)
https://www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the-climate-2024-sets-a-new-record-as-the-first-year-above-1-5c/
https://bsky.app/profile/reescatophuls.bsky.social/post/3lffmx5k3bs2a
Berkeley Earth's estimate of the global mean temperature in 2024 stands at 1.62 ± 0.06 °C (2.91 ± 0.11 °F) above the average during the period 1850 to 1900.
Ref: TBA
NASA scientists further estimate Earth in 2024 was about 2.65 degrees Fahrenheit (1.47 degrees Celsius) warmer than the mid-19th century average (1850-1900)
https://www.noaa.gov/news/2024-was-worlds-warmest-year-on-record
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/temperatures-rising-nasa-confirms-2024-warmest-year-on-record
Also:
https://www.carbonbrief.org/state-of-the-climate-2024-sets-a-new-record-as-the-first-year-above-1-5c/
In 2024, global temperature exceeded the pre-industrial (1850–1900) average by 2.63 degrees F (1.46 degrees C).
https://www.noaa.gov/news/2024-was-worlds-warmest-year-on-record
The global average temperature for 2024 was 1.53±0.08°C above the 1850-1900 global average, according to the HadCRUT5 temperature series, collated by the Met Office, the University of East Anglia and the National Centre for Atmospheric Science
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news-and-media/media-centre/weather-and-climate-news/2025/2024-record-breaking-watershed-year-for-global-climate