2024: Earth’s Hottest Year Shatters Records and Raises Alarms

2024 scorched into history as Earth's hottest year yet, with global temperatures soaring to 1.54°C above pre-industrial levels. NOAA and NASA confirmed the trend, marking the 11th consecutive warm year and triggering extreme weather disasters like the Afghanistan-Pakistan floods claiming over 1,084 lives and Brazil’s southeastern deluge displacing half a million. Despite 3.3 billion feeling the heat, emission cuts lag, prompting urgent calls for bold climate action to avert a bleak 2.7°C future.