Earth broke heat records for the eighth month in a row in January, according to the European climate agency.For the first time, the global temperature pushed past the internationally agreed warming threshold for a 12-month period, with February 2023 to January 2024 running 1.52C hotter than pre-industrial levels, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service of the European Space Agency.It is the highest 12-month global temperature average on record, Copernicus reported, with the globe brea

Earth broke heat records for the eighth month in a row in January, according to the European climate agency.For the first time, the global temperature pushed past the internationally agreed warming threshold for a 12-month period, with February 2023 to January 2024 running 1.52C hotter than pre-industrial levels, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service of the European Space Agency.It is the highest 12-month global temperature average on record, Copernicus reported, with the globe breaking heat records each month since last June.