Earth Breaks Temperature Records with All Hottest Years in a Decade

Thu Mar 20 2025 01:09:22 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)
Earth Breaks Temperature Records with All Hottest Years in a Decade

The World Meteorological Organization reveals that 2024 is the hottest year ever recorded, amid climate change impacts and rising greenhouse gas levels.


In a groundbreaking report, the World Meteorological Organization confirms that the last ten years have witnessed the highest temperatures recorded in nearly two centuries, with 2024 being the warmest year, surpassing even the preceding years.

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The World Meteorological Organization (W.M.O.) has officially declared that 2024 stands as the hottest year on record, a sign of alarming climate trends that have seen the last decade registering the highest temperatures in nearly 200 years. This conclusion confirms that all ten of the warmest years in recorded history have occurred since 2014, marking an unprecedented shift in global climate patterns.

“In a decade where we’ve witnessed unprecedented warmth, it’s alarming to see 2024 surpass 2023 as the hottest year on record,” remarked Chris Hewitt, director of the W.M.O.'s climate services division. An analysis indicated that in 2024, Earth’s surface temperature was an estimated 1.55 degrees Celsius higher than the baseline established during the preindustrial era, specifically between 1850 and 1900.

The annual report curated by the W.M.O., a specialized agency of the United Nations, pulls insights from experts and institutions globally and offers a detailed examination of the extreme temperatures recorded in 2024. The report attributes many climate-related disasters of the past year—such as severe droughts, storms, and wildfires—to the excess energy accumulating in Earth’s atmosphere and oceans. These catastrophic events led to widespread displacement, forcing hundreds of thousands of individuals from their homes.

Moreover, the report underscored a troubling trend: the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, driven by fossil fuel combustion, continues to ascend. It was reported that concentrations of carbon dioxide in 2024 reached levels unprecedented in the past two million years, raising urgent questions about long-term climate stability.

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