European Union climate researchers have said that 2023 is 'virtually certain' to be the hottest year in 125,000 years.
Researchers from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service have sounded an alarm about this year being “virtually certain” to be the hottest in 125,000 years. The service’s records go back to only 1940 but the researchers said they had used modelling data from the International Panel on Climate Change to reach the 125,000-year conclusion.
October was in fact the second month in a row to show a new record temperature rise, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. 'September really, really surprised us. So after last month, it's hard to determine whether we're in a new climate state. But now records keep tumbling and they're surprising me less than they did a month ago,' Burgess also said.