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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Ajit Niranjan

Temperatures 1.5C above pre-industrial era average for 12 months, data shows

With the San Francisco skyline behind them, people fish off a jetty
Alameda, California. An extended heatwave is predicted to blanket northern California. Photograph: Noah Berger/AP

The world has baked for 12 consecutive months in temperatures 1.5C (2.7F) greater than their average before the fossil fuel era, new data shows.

Temperatures between July 2023 and June 2024 were the highest on record, scientists found, creating a year-long stretch in which the Earth was 1.64C hotter than in preindustrial times.

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