Researchers: 2023 will ‘almost certainly’ be the hottest year

According to data published by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) on Wednesday, 2023 will „almost certainly“ be the hottest year on record. Data shows that average temperatures in the first ten months were 1.43 degrees above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900). „When we combine our data with the IPCC, then we can say that this is the warmest year for the last 125,000 years,“ Samantha Burgess, deputy director of C3S, told Reuters.