2025 Wasn’t the Hottest Year on Record. Earth Is Still Barreling to the Climate Brink
Scientific American Ideas • 1/14/2026
Summary
Global warming has exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius for the past three years. As a result, Earth is on track to breach the Paris climate agreement by the end of the decade. The year 2025 was not the hottest year on record.
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