The world is dangerously close to global warming limits as 2023 becomes the hottest period on record
Global warming reached 1.48 degrees Celsius in 2023, data published on Tuesday showed, as the world's warmest year on record left the world just hundredths of a degree shy of a critical climate threshold.
Analyzes from last year had already confirmed that 2023 would be the warmest year on record, but Tuesday's data shows an alarming jump in warming compared to 2016, previously the warmest year. In 2023, the average global temperature was 14.98 degrees Celsius - 0.17 degrees above the previous record - while ocean warming also reached a new high.
Scientists have repeatedly expressed shock as back-to-back heat ...