Hottest summer on record could lead to warmest year ever measured

This year will more than likely end up the warmest humanity has measured, reports European climate serviceSummer 2024 sweltered to Earth's hottest on record, making it even more likely that this year will end up as the warmest humanity has measured, the European climate service Copernicus reported on Friday.And if this sounds familiar, that's because the records the globe shattered were set just last year as human-caused climate change, with a temporary boost from an El Ni?o, keeps dialing up temperatures and extreme weather, scientists said. Continue reading...