January 2025 sets surprising as the hottest for a year

January 2025 sets surprising as the hottest for a year


Sunset in San Diego, California during an extraordinary hot January

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January has surprised climate scientists by setting a new global temperature records, in an initial signal 2025 can see more severe warming than the first idea.

It was the hottest January at a record at 1.75 ° C above an average of 1850 to 1900, defeating the previous record a year ago, when the temperature was above 1.7 ° C from pre-industrial levels.

This is the beginning of a surprise for a year when global temperature was expected to fall. 2023…

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