Three global assessments confirm last year was by far the hottest in recorded history. “We’re frankly astonished,” one scientist said of the findings.
    • ApostleO@startrek.website
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      11 months ago

      Pretty sure they are referring to average annual temperature. The winters may get colder in some areas, but the summers are getting hotter everywhere, and to a bigger degree. So the average temperature will continue to trend up.

    • phonoodles@beehaw.org
      2·
      11 months ago

      It means that every year is going to be hotter than the year before it, making it the coolest year from this point to the end of your life.