New data shows the Earth is getting warmer. The years 2023, 2024, and 2025 have been the hottest on record. For the first time, the average global temperature went above a special limit. This limit is 1.5°C, set by the Paris Agreement. This means human pollution is making the Earth hotter.
Data from Europe and the UK confirms this. 2025 was the third-warmest year. 2024 was the warmest year. 2023 was the second-warmest. These three years together show a big warming trend. The last ten years have been the warmest decade ever.
The average temperature in 2025 was about 1.4°C higher than before. This is a little less than the last two years. However, scientists are still worried. The long-term warming is still very high. 2025 was also very hot for land and sea.
This warming happens because people use a lot of fossil fuels. This puts more gases into the air. These gases trap heat. Even natural cooling like La Niña in 2025 could not stop the warming.
Dr. Samantha Burgess said future years might be even hotter. Professor Rowan Sutton explained that more pollution causes more warming.
This warming has big effects. We are getting close to dangerous changes. If we do not reduce pollution, we will see more hot years. Extreme weather like fires and storms will get worse. The goal of 1.5°C warming may be missed sooner than we thought.