Source: https://eos.org/articles/exceptional-global-warming-spike-continued-in-2024

More than 3 billion people experienced their hottest year ever in 2024 because of anthropogenic climate change. The world is speeding toward its 1.5°C warming target.

Global average temperatures in 2024 were the hottest on record, surpassing the previous record set in 2023 by a clear margin. In three global temperature assessments released on 10 January, climate scientists reported that temperatures across the world rose faster than expected, reaching 1.46°C–1.62°C above the preindustrial baseline.

“The long-term trends are very, very clear,” Gavin Schmidt, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, told reporters at a 10 January briefing. “It’s warming more over the land than it is over the ocean. It’s warming more in the Northern Hemisphere, where there’s more land, than in the Southern Hemisphere, where there is less. And it’s warming most of all in the Arctic regions.”