Planetary warming has significantly accelerated over the past 10 years, with temperatures rising at a higher rate since 2015 than in any previous decade on record, a new study showed. This is the first statistically significant evidence of an acceleration of global warming, the authors said. In 2024, warming went past 1.5C, the lower limit set by the Paris Agreement. But record-breaking temperatures in recent years have led scientists to question whether the pace of temperature gains is accelerating. “How quickly the Earth continues to warm ultimately depends on how rapidly we reduce global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels to zero.”Millan writes for Bloomberg.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 09, 2026 13:45 UTC