The ruins of the old Sant Roma de Sau village, previously submerged by water, seen at the Sau Reservoir in Vilanova de Sau, Spain on Feb. 2, 2024 during a major drought attributed to climate change. Davide Bonaldo / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images
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For the first time on record, the average global temperature has exceeded 1.5 degree Celsius over a 12-month period, according to new data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
Last month was also the hottest January worldwide since C3S records began in 1950, with an average air surface temperature that was 0.70 degrees Celsius higher than the month’s average from 1991 to 2020. The previous heat…
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