October 2023 was the warmest October on record globally, according to data from European climate scientists released on Wednesday.
It comes on the heels of the hottest September on record and the hottest summer months globally, rounding out a year of record temperatures around the planet.
“We can say with near certainty that 2023 will be the warmest year on record, and is currently 1.43 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial average,” Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said in a statement.
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” Samantha Burgess