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Scientists confirm 2025 as third-warmest year ever recorded

Scientists confirm 2025 as third-warmest year ever recorded

Summary

Scientists confirmed that 2025 was the third-warmest year ever recorded. The average global temperature was significantly above pre-industrial levels, continuing a trend of the past 11 years. The data also showed that average temperatures from 2023 to 2025 exceeded the limits set by the Paris Agreement.

Key Facts

  • 2025 was confirmed as the third-warmest year by European scientists.
  • The average temperature was 1.47 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
  • The last 11 years were the warmest recorded in history.
  • 2024 was the warmest year, followed by 2023 as the second warmest.
  • The Paris Agreement aims to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, but recent years have exceeded this limit.
  • The UK's Met Office supported these findings.
  • Human activities, especially greenhouse gas emissions, are the main cause of rising global temperatures.
  • President Trump announced the U.S. exit from the Paris Agreement early in his term.
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