Climate Change Prediction: The European Union’s Copernicus climate change service has said that 2024 could prove to be the hottest year on record. This year the average temperature from January to November has been high. Scientists have warned that if the situation continues like this, the year 2025 may also become hotter and the number of natural disasters may increase. The average temperature in the year 2024 was 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than before the Industrial Revolution. This will be the first time when the average temperature will increase by 1.5 degrees Celsius. This 1.5 degree Celsius increase, along with changes in global temperatures, is being seen as a sign of climate change.
2024 the hottest year on record
2024 could prove to be the hottest year on record. Scientists have expressed the possibility that the record of 2023 will be broken this year. The Copernicus Climate Change Service of the European Union has given this information. The average temperature remains high from January to November. If the situation remains like this, the year 2025 may also be hot. The average temperature is increasing due to the adverse effects of climate change. Scientists fear that natural disasters may increase due to rising temperatures.
2023 record broken
The month of November 2023 was the hottest November ever. This time the average air temperature in November was 14.10 degrees Celsius, which was 0.73 degrees Celsius higher than the average temperature from 1991 to 2020. Apart from this, the heat also broke the record in November 2024, making it the second hottest November in history. According to a report by the European Climate Agency Copernicus, the average temperature of the year 2024 will be 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than the temperature before the Industrial Revolution. This will be the first time when the average temperature will increase by 1.5 degrees Celsius. This 1.5 degree Celsius increase is being seen as a sign of climate change, indicating a change in global temperature.
2024 will be full of natural disasters
2024 is officially on track to be the hottest year on record, surpassing last year’s record-breaking temperatures. Data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service shows that global temperatures rose 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels from January to November, a relevant milestone. This is the first time the temperature has crossed this critical limit. This year has been filled with extreme weather events such as deadly heat waves, devastating droughts and devastating floods. Italy, South America and parts of Europe have been affected by drought, while countries such as Nepal and Sudan have seen deadly floods.
“According to ERA5 data, it is likely that the global average temperature will exceed 1.55 °C in 2024 (compared with 1.48 °C in 2023),” the C3S report said. “For 2024 to be no warmer than 2023, the average temperature anomaly in the remaining two months of this year will have to reduce unprecedentedly, to near zero.”
Powerful storms hit places like Mexico, Mali and Saudi Arabia this year
Due to which thousands of people died due to heat wave. Additionally, a powerful typhoon wreaked havoc in the U.S. and the Philippines. The scientists add, “In Europe, the month was the 5th warmest October on record with an average surface temperature of 10.83°C, which was 1.23°C above the 1991-2022 average October temperature in the region. Hottest October for Europe at 10.83°C compared to 2022 average of 1.92°C.”
Scientists warned
Despite international pledges to reduce carbon emissions, scientists have warned that 2024 will see record levels of CO2. Experts predict that extreme weather will continue, with some relief in 2025 due to a possible La Niña. The urgency for global action on climate change has never been clearer.
