‘It’s a scary time’ as world shatters temperature record

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‘It’s a scary time’ as world shatters temperature record

And 2024 may bring more of the same.

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The Earth notched up its warmest year on record last year — but even that new peak is in danger of being surpassed in 2024.

The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service confirmed a milestone Tuesday that scientists had long predicted: 2023’s average global temperature surpassed the previous peak set in 2016, and reached the highest mark since record-keeping began in 1880.

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