Odds that 2023 will be Earth’s hottest year have doubled, NOAA reports

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/09/15/warmest-year-earth-noaa-climate/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjk0NzUwNDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjk2MTMyNzk5LCJpYXQiOjE2OTQ3NTA0MDAsImp0aSI6ImJjZGM0YTVmLWU0YmMtNGFmMC1hMWE4LTI2MjRjNzljNDQxYiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS93ZWF0aGVyLzIwMjMvMDkvMTUvd2FybWVzdC15ZWFyLWVhcnRoLW5vYWEtY2xpbWF0ZS8ifQ.0c9nAmqxhl-rU4vkgjQ6sTvvOqaUGLlrKn5zI-1wUqs

There’s now a greater than 93 percent chance 2023 will surpass 2016 as the planet’s warmest year

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m88youngling@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I get what they're trying to say, and it's very concerning, but the headline is slightly misleading. I think earth's hottest year would probably be during it's formation when the surface was molten rock lol

silence7@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2y

It's the hottest in 125,000+ years, likely several million, which would mean hotter than since modern humans first walked the earth. I don't think people much care that it was hotter during the Hadean Eon.