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Author(s): Seth Borenstein

Hottest summer on record could lead to the warmest year ever measured

Source(s): PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd
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Summer 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, European climate service Copernicus reported Friday.

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With a forecasted La Niña-a temporary natural cooling of parts of the central Pacific-the last four months of the year may no longer be record-setters like most of the past year and a half. But it's not likely cool enough to keep 2024 from breaking the annual record, Buontempo said.

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While a portion of last year's record heat was driven by an El Niño-a temporary natural warming of parts of the central Pacific that alters weather worldwide-that effect is gone, and it shows the main driver is long-term human-caused climate change from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas, Buontempo said.

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