The climate future arrived in 2023. A record heat wave had baked the area for weeks. Buontempo said Dec. 21 that 2023 had been so warm that even an immediate deep planetary freeze wouldn’t stop the year from breaking the all-time annual heat record. “The anomalies this year are just that much off the charts.”The heat was so sustained that it set records day after day. Still, even within that one percent of razed Greek land, months after the smoke cleared, one can find deep scars left by the hottest year.

Source: Washington Post January 01, 2024 00:14 UTC