It's official: 2024 was the planet's warmest year on record, according to an analysis by scientists from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

This probably comes as little surprise, but the news is official: 2024 was the warmest year on record.

Earth experienced its hottest year on record, surpassing previous highs with an average temperature 1.28 degrees Celsius above the 20th-century norm. This historical peak is a stark reminder of the urgent need to understand and mitigate our impact on the planet,

The year 2024 was the hottest on record and the first to top 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming. All 10 of the hottest years have been in the past decade

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An image released by NASA illustrates record global temperatures in 2024 as the average went up by 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit (1.28 degrees Celsius).

Earth’s average surface temperature in 2024 surpassed all prior records, according to a new analysis by NASA. The year was 2.30°F (1.28°C) warmer than the agency’s 20th-century average and exceeded the previous record set in 2023.

Three government climate agencies in Europe and Japan say last year’s global average temperature easily passed 2023's record heat and then went past the long-term warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.