Weather & Science
Earth Is Warming Faster Than Previously Estimated, New Study Shows
Researchers found the first statistically significant evidence that global warming is accelerating.
Smoke covers the sun during a wildfire in Krieza, on Evia Island, Greece, on Tuesday, July 30, 2024.
Photographer: Nick Paleologos/BloombergPlanetary warming has significantly accelerated over the past 10 years, with temperatures rising at a higher rate since 2015 than in any previous decade on record, a new study showed.
The Earth warmed around 0.35 degrees Celsius in the decade to 2025, compared to just under 0.2C per decade on average between 1970 and 2015, according to a paper published on Friday in the scientific journal Geophysical Research Letters. This is the first statistically significant evidence of an acceleration of global warming, the authors said.