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This map depicts global temperature anomalies for June, July, and August 2023. Areas in yellow and red were warmer than the baseline average from 1951 to 1980. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Lauren Dauphin

2023’s Record Heat Astonishes Climate Scientists

January 22, 2024 // by Kevin Wilcox

Year that began with a cooling trend quickly warmed to levels unprecedented since modern record-keeping began.