BRUSSELS — Extraordinarily high temperatures are expected to persist into at least the first few months of 2025, after 2024 was reported to be the world's warmest since records began, said European Scientists on Dec 9.
The previous hottest year on record was 2023.BRUSSELS — Extraordinarily high temperatures are expected to persist into at least the first few months of 2025, after 2024 was reported to be the world's warmest since records began, said European Scientists on Dec 9.
C3S said data from January to November had confirmed 2024 is now certain to be the hottest year on record, and the first in which average global temperatures exceed 1.5 deg C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period.Extreme weather has swept around the world in 2024, with severe drought hitting Italy and South America, fatal floods in Nepal, Sudan and Europe, heatwaves in Mexico, Mali and Saudi Arabia that killed thousands, and disastrous cyclones in the US and the Philippines.
Scientists are also monitoring whether the La Nina weather pattern — which involves the cooling of ocean surface temperatures — could form in 2025. "While 2025 might be slightly cooler than 2024, if a La Nina event develops, this does not mean temperatures will be 'safe' or 'normal'," said Friederike Otto, a senior lecturer at Imperial College London.
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