January 2025 saw the world reach its highest recorded temperature for the month, despite a cooling La Niña and predictions of a slightly cooler year. The record-breaking warmth coincides with a new study by climate scientist James Hansen, who argues that global warming is accelerating. While the study divides the research community, the data shows a clear trend of increasing global temperatures.
A vendor sleeps on a hot afternoon at her shop at Market 4 in Asuncion, Paraguay, Jan. 17, 2025. WASHINGTON — The world warmed to yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly United States, a cooling La Nina and predictions of a slightly less hot 2025, according to the European climate service Copernicus.
Copernicus records date to 1940, but other U.S. and British records go back to 1850, and scientists using proxies such as tree rings say this era is the warmest in about 120,000 years or since the start of human civilization. El Nino's cooler flip side, a La Nina, tends to dampen the effects of global warming, making record temperatures far less likely. A La Nina started in January after brewing for months. Just last month, climate scientists were predicting that 2025 wouldn't be as hot as 2024 or 2023, with the La Nina a major reason.
For Americans, news of a record warm January might seem odd given how cold it was. But the U.S. is just a tiny fraction of the planet's surface, and"a much larger area of the planet's surface was much, much warmer than average," Burgess said. "I'm confident that this higher rate will continue for at least several years," Hansen told The Associated Press in an interview."Over the full year it's going to be nip-and-tuck between 2024 and 2025."
CLIMATE CHANGE TEMPERATURE RECORDS GLOBAL WARMING LA NINA JAMES HANSEN
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