BBCNEWS Verified July 5, 2024
the average global temperature in the past 12 months was 14.98 degrees. that beats the previous hottest year set in 2016 by 0.17 degrees. the announcement was made by the eu's climate change service copernicus. and the met office in the uk believes this record could be short lived, as their forecasts suggest 2024 could be even hotter. earlier, i spoke to our climate editor, justin rowlatt, and asked about how much bigger the margin is in this latest report. yeah, it is interesting, isn't it? the margin, as you say, was 0.17 celsius. you might say, well, that doesn't sound very much t...