Global warming stripes show average global temperatures, 1850-2024. Blue stripes denote cooler years, red are warmer. Ed Hawkins, CC BY-NC-ND Ed Hawkins, University of Reading The data is in. 2024 was the warmest year on record, and probably in human history – about 1.6°C warmer than the period before widespread industrialization. More than 1 billion individual thermometer … Continue reading Dark red stripe for 2024 shows it’s the hottest year