Jessica Corbett is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
A pair of U.S. agencies confirmed Friday that not only was 2023 by far the warmest year on record, it also capped off the hottest decade ever documented—underscoring the need for far more ambitious action to rapidly phase out fossil fuels. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration maintain separate temperature records, as do other institutions and scientists worldwide.
, which has a climate record back to 1850, similarly found that the average land and ocean surface temperature last year was 1.18°C above the 20th century and 1.35°C above the preindustrial average, or 1850-1900. Sarah Kapnick, the agency's chief scientist, said that 'after seeing the 2023 climate analysis, I have to pause and say that the findings are astounding.
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