2025 on course to be joint-second hottest year on record

James Murray
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2025 on course to be joint-second hottest year on record

Copernicus Climate Change Service confirms average global temperatures for 2023-2025 are now likely to breach 1.5C warming threshold

This year is on track to be the joint second warmest of record, according to the latest update from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), which suggests average global temperatures for the past...

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