Last year was hottest in recorded history, NASA says
Last year was the planet’s hottest in recorded history, NASA announced, marking two years in a row that global temperatures have shattered records.
Last year was the planet’s hottest in recorded history, multiple government agencies announced Friday, marking two years in a row that global temperatures have shattered records.
Scientists with NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said 2024 was hotter than any year since at least 1880. Previously, 2023 was named the planet’s warmest year on record.
Last year’s average land and ocean surface temperatures topped the 2023 milestone by less than two-tenths of a degree Fahrenheit, according to NOAA.
The back-to-back broken records are part of a continued warming trajectory that climate scientists have long warned about and that was predicted in numerous climate models.
“Once again, the temperature record has been shattered — 2024 was the hottest year since record keeping began in 1880,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement. “Between record breaking temperatures and wildfires currently threatening our centers and workforce in California, it has never been more important to understand our changing planet.”
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