{"id":4973,"date":"2026-01-14T10:35:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/scientists-confirm-2025-as-third-warmest-year-ever-recorded\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:35:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:35:51","slug":"scientists-confirm-2025-as-third-warmest-year-ever-recorded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/scientists-confirm-2025-as-third-warmest-year-ever-recorded\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists confirm 2025 as third-warmest year ever recorded"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Average temperatures during 2023-2025 exceeded the 1.5C limit set out in the Paris Agreement, data shows.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The planet sweltered through the third-warmest year on record last year, European scientists have said, and no relief from the heat is expected in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The average global temperature was 1.47 degrees Celsius (2.52 degrees Fahrenheit) above the pre-industrial level in 2025, making the last 11 years the warmest ever, data released by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts showed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/1\/14\/unsung-us-civil-rights-pioneer-claudette-colvin-dies-aged-86\">Unsung US civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin dies, aged 86<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/1\/14\/as-hate-spirals-in-india-hindu-extremists-turn-to-christian-targets\">As hate spirals in India, Hindu extremists turn to Christian targets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/1\/14\/us-senators-introduce-bill-to-stop-trump-seizing-greenland\">US senators introduce bill to stop Trump seizing Greenland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/1\/14\/venezuelas-top-lawmaker-says-more-than-400-prisoners-have-been-released\">Venezuela\u2019s top lawmaker says more than 400 prisoners have been released<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Last year was just 0.13C (0.234F) cooler than 2024, the warmest year on record, and 0.01C (0.018F) cooler than 2023, the second-warmest year, according to the intergovernmental weather monitor.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time ever, the average temperature during 2023-2025 exceeded the 1.5C (2.7F) limit set out in the Paris Agreement over three years, according to the data.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0UK Met Office\u00a0said\u00a0separately that its data also\u00a0showed 2025\u00a0as the\u00a0third-warmest\u00a0year\u00a0on record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe long-term increase in global annual average temperature is driven by the human-induced rise in the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere,\u201d Met Office climate scientist Colin Morice said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which monitor climate change in the United States, are set to release their latest data on global temperatures later on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 200 countries pledged to limit the long-term rise in global temperatures to 1.5C (2.7F) at a landmark summit in Paris in 2015, but the planet\u2019s continued warming has left that goal in serious doubt.<\/p>\n<p>The US, the world\u2019s second-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, announced early last year that it would exit the Paris accord, in one of President Donald Trump\u2019s first acts in office.<\/p>\n<p>China, the world\u2019s top\u00a0polluter,\u00a0in September\u00a0announced a\u00a0target for\u00a0cutting emissions outright\u00a0for the first time, but the goal was widely panned by climate experts as inadequate.<\/p>\n<p>In October, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the planet would inevitably overshoot the 1.5C (2.7F) threshold as he stressed the need for early warning systems to protect communities across the globe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Average temperatures during 2023-2025 exceeded the 1.5C limit set out in the Paris Agreement, data shows. The planet sweltered through the third-warmest year on record last year, European scientists have said, and no relief from the heat is expected in 2026. 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