This October was the warmest on record, and 2023 is “virtually certain” to be the hottest year ever recorded, climate scientists said on Wednesday. The average global temperature for October was 0.4 degrees C above the previous record for the month, set in 2019, 0.85 degrees C warmer than the 1991 to 2020 average, and 1.7 degrees warmer than an estimate of pre-industrial levels between 1850 & 1900, analysis by the European Union-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service showed. This year is so far 1.43 degrees C warmer than the pre-industrial average. Drought parched parts of the United States & Mexico … Continue reading 2023 Shatters Heat Records: Scientists Warn of Hottest Year Amidst Rising El Niño Threat