January 14, 2026
2025 was the third warmest year on record: experts
Tourists and locals paddle board at sunrise on the Mediterranean Sea in Barcelona, Spain, July 2, 2025. — Reuters BRUSSELS: The planet recorded its third hottest year on record in 2025, extending a streak of unprecedented heatwaves, with no relief expected in 2026, US researchers and EU climate monitors said on Wednesday. The past 11 years have now been the warmest on record, with 2024 topping the podium and 2023 in second place, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and Berkeley Earth, a California-based nonprofit research organization. For the first time, global temperatures have exceeded pre-industrial levels by












