Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, weather monitoring agencies announced Friday.

Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, surpassing the critical 1.5-degree Celsius warming threshold, a benchmark tied to devastating climate impacts.

saw three record-warm seasons, a new record high for daily global average temperature, and an average of 41 additional days of dangerous heat worldwide, reports said.

The total number of people killed in extreme weather events intensified by climate change in 2024 is likely in the tens or hundreds of thousands, said the World Weather Attribution group.

NEW YORK -- The final global average temperature calculated for 2024 was not only the hottest year since global temperature records began in 1850, but also the first year to pass a milestone set by world leaders to try to keep the worst impacts of climate change at bay, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said overnight Friday.

The planet notched up its hottest year ever last year with such a big jump that it temporarily passed a major climate threshold, several weather

Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold.

Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, passing a major climate threshold, reported news agency Associated Press on Friday, citing weather monitoring agencies. The news comes in the wake of deadly wildfires in the Californian city of Las Vegas,