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A vendor sleeps on a hot afternoon at her shop at Market 4 in Asuncion, Paraguay, January 17, 2025
THE world was warmed to yet another monthly record temperature in January, despite a cooling La Nina and predictions of a slightly less hot 2025, according to the European climate service Copernicus.
The surprising January heat record coincides with a new study by former top Nasa scientist James Hansen and others arguing that global warming is accelerating. It’s a claim that’s dividing the research community.
January 2025 globally was 0.09°C warmer than January 2024, the previous hottest January, and was 1.75°C warmer than it was before industrial times, Copernicus calculated.
When it comes to extreme weather events, from wildfires to flash floods, it’s firefighters who are on the front line of defence, but services have been cut to the bone, and government is not taking seriously its responsibility for the environment, says STEVE WRIGHT
