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2023 is about to smash the record for the hottest year

For the sixth month in a row, Earth set a new monthly record for heat, and also added the hottest autumn to the litany of record-breaking heat this year, the European climate agency calculated.

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2023 cements its place in the history of climate change

We all just lived through our first 2-degree Celsius day.

The hottest summer in human history – a visual timeline

From June to August 2023, a series of extreme weather events exacerbated by climate breakdown caused death and destruction across the globe.

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Europe is seeing its warmest weather on record so late in the year

High temperatures have soared into the 70s and 80s — more like late summer than almost November.

Historic October heat shatters records in the Pacific Northwest

Seattle soared to 88 degrees Sunday, its highest temperature on record so late in the season.

Extreme heat continues its march across western Europe

A heat wave that has caused fires to rage in southwestern France and Spain is moving north toward Britain, which may see its highest recorded temperatures ever.
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