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U.N. weather agency has ‘red alert’ warning as Earth grows ever hotter

WMO reports 2023 smashed climate records at previously unimaginable levels, bringing 'misery and mayhem.'

Human-caused climate change is accelerating
Human-caused climate change is accelerating (AN/NOAA/Unsplash)

Welcome to the future. The off-the-charts era of weather extremes that climate scientists have been warning us about for the last few decades has arrived.

The air is hotter, the oceans are warmer, the polar ice is melting, glaciers are shrinking and the seas are rising – all confirmed in the U.N. weather agency’s comprehensive new report made public on Tuesday.

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