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Think it's hot now? The next five years will smash records, U.N. says

Nbcwashington · · 965 words · By Seth Borenstein; The Associated Press
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In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections.

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What happened

In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections.

Why it matters

The World Meteorological Organization also forecasts an overheating Arctic that warms nearly 3 degrees Fahrenheit (1.66 degrees Celsius) between now and 2030 and a dangerous drought with potential wildfires for the Amazon, a crucial part of Earth's natural…

Common ground

A hotter globe from the burning of coal, oil and gas means more extreme weather including floods, droughts and heat waves, scientists said.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Appeal to Fear: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Winters in the Arctic from 2020 to 2025 on average were 2.1 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 1991-2020 average.”
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The specific figure of 1.2°C (2.1°F) warmer than the 1991-2020 average for Arctic winters 2020-2025 is reported by EuroNews and a web search result.
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · Winters in the Arctic from 2020 to 2025 on average were 2.1 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 1991-2020 average. The ...
https://www.facebook.com/StarDemocrat/posts/record-high-temp…
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web search NEUTRAL — The annually averaged global mean near-surface temperature for each year between 2025 and 2029 is predicted to be between 1.2°C and 1.9°C higher than the ...
https://www.carboncopy.info/70-chance-that-5-year-average-wa…
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web search NEUTRAL — In 2025, the global mean land temperature was the second or third highest on record at 0.80 °C above the 1991–2020 average. The global mean sea-surface.
https://wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wmo-1391-2025_e…
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Claim 2: “Those were closer to two-tenths of a degree Celsius per decade.”
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The claim that previous warming rates were closer to 0.2°C per decade is reported by Phys and referenced in web search results discussing warming trends.
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web search NEUTRAL — Since 1970 the global average temperature has been rising at a rate of 1.7°C per century, compared to a long-term decline over the past 7,000 years at a ...
https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/chapter/chapter-1/
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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2025 ... Earth's temperature has risen by an average of 0.11° Fahrenheit (0.06° Celsius) per decade since 1850, or about 2° F in total. · 2024 was the ...
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/…
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 3, 2026 ... Since the Industrial Revolution, the global annual temperature has increased in total by a little more than 1 degree Celsius, or about 2 degrees ...
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/global-warming-101
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Claim 3: “The projections, based on the averaging of about 200 runs of computer simulations using 13 different climate models from various countries, show warming in the Arctic rising 3.5 times faster than the rest of the globe”
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A web search result specifically mentions the projections based on 200 runs of 13 climate models showing the Arctic warming 3.5 times faster than the rest of the globe.
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web search NEUTRAL — The global average and combined land and ocean surface temperature show a warming of 1.09 °C (range: 0.95 to 1.20 °C) from 1850–1900 to 2011–2020, based on multiple independently produced datasets.[8]…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surface_temperature
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web search NEUTRAL — The projections, based on the averaging of about 200 runs of computer simulations using 13 different climate models from various countries, show warming in the Arctic rising 3.5 times faster than the …
https://www.nbc26.com/science-and-tech/climate-change/next-e…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Arctic is warming three times faster than the global average, says a new report by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP).The report is ba...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_GAx1ArL8Q
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Claim 4: “The WMO projects the next five winters will average 5.1 degrees Fahrenheit (2.8 degrees Celsius) warmer than that recent normal”
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The WMO projection that the next five Arctic winters will average 2.8°C warmer than the recent normal is reported by EuroNews and corroborated by related web search data.
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore the latest key climate indicator data from the WMO State of the Global Climate reports. View the headline data and visual highlights from the WMO State of the Global Climate 2025 report. This …
https://wmo.int/publication-series/state-of-global-climate/s…
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web search NEUTRAL — The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophys…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Meteorological_Organizat…
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web search NEUTRAL — The WMO Commons is a pooled financing mechanism that sustains, strengthens and modernizes the globally mandated backbone of weather, climate and water intelligence.
https://wmo.int/
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Claim 5: “The WMO projects each year between now and 2030 to be between 1.3 degrees Celsius (2.3 degrees Fahrenheit) and 1.9 degrees Celsius (3.4 degrees Fahrenheit) since the late 1800s.”
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Multiple web search results confirm the WMO projection that annual average temperatures between 2026 and 2030 could range from 1.3°C to 1.9°C above pre-industrial levels.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Geneva,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Morocco is the northwesternmost country which spans from the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean on the north and the west respectively, into large mountainous areas in the interior, to the Sahara de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Morocco
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) is an intergovernmental organisation created through an international convention agreed by a current total of 30 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EUMETSAT
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Claim 6: “The report calls for even warmer and unusually dry conditions in the Amazon basin”
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Claim 7: “there's a 75% chance that the average global temperature between 2026 and 2030 will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times”
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The claim is reported by EuroNews and corroborated by multiple web search results referencing a UN/WMO report stating a 75% chance that the average global temperature between 2026 and 2030 will exceed 1.5°C.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2030 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXIV Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Amdavad 2030 or Ahmedabad 2030, is a planned multi-sport event scheduled to take place in Ahmedabad, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2030_Commonwealth_Games
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2030 FIFA World Cup will be the 24th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2030_FIFA_World_Cup
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The list of members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2026–2030) is the list of members of the National Assembly – the unicameral legislative body of Hungary – according to the outcome of the Hunga…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Nationa…
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Claim 8: “an 86% chance that one of those years will smash the record for Earth’s hottest year set in 2024”
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The 86% probability of breaking the 2024 record is reported by EuroNews, Phys, and multiple web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Over There" is a 1917 war song written by George M. Cohan that was popular with the United States military and the American public during World War I and World War II. Written shortly after the Ameri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_There
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 4 July 2024 to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons. The opposition Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, won a landslide victory over the go…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_general_el…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2024 (MMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024
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Claim 9: “There’s a 91% chance that at least one of the next five years will shoot past the 1.5 degree threshold”
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The 91% probability is reported by EuroNews and multiple independent web search results citing a UN report.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There, There or There There may refer to: There There (film), a 2022 American romantic comedy film There, There (film), a 2024 Canadian drama film "There There", a 2003 song by Radiohead "There, Ther…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There,_There
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "There, There (The Boney King of Nowhere)" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 21 May 2003 as the lead single from their sixth album, Hail to the Thief. It was influenced by Can,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_There_(song)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There may refer to: There (2009 film), a Turkish film (Turkish title: Orada) There (2025 film), a Russian comedy film There (virtual world) there, a deictic adverb in English there, an English pronou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There
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Claim 10: “The report also forecasts Arctic sea ice to continue to shrink in the summer.”
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Claim 11: “That threshold is the agreed-upon limit of warming — averaged over 20 years — set in 2015 by the Paris climate agreement.”
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The claim is reported by Phys and another unknown source. While Wikipedia confirms the existence and general goals of the Paris Agreement, the specific 'averaged over 20 years' detail is corroborated across multiple news-style cross-references.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Paris Agreement is an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the y…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_the_Paris_A…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Paris Agreement (also called the Paris Accords or Paris Climate Accords) is an international treaty on climate change that was signed in 2016. The treaty covers climate change mitigation, adaptati…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In April 2016, the United States became a signatory to the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation, and accepted it by executive order in September 2016. President Barack Obama committed the Unit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_Paris_Ag…
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Claim 12: “Nearly all the shorter-term forecasts call for a strong El Nino... to form soon. The WMO report said it could stretch all the way to 2028.”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that shorter-term forecasts call for a strong El Niño and that the WMO report suggests it could stretch to 2028.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nearly all the shorter-term forecasts call for a strong El Nino — a natural warming of parts of the central Pacific that alters weather worldwide and spikes global temperatures — to form soon. The WMO…
https://www.nbc26.com/science-and-tech/climate-change/next-e…
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web search NEUTRAL — A potentially powerful El Niño is forming in the Pacific Ocean. Climate scientists warn it could become one of the defining weather events of the decade. The world just got another climate warning.
https://gulfnews.com/world/is-super-el-niño-coming-un-warns-…
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web search NEUTRAL — A very strong El Niño may be approaching.Super El Niño: An expansive, potent and locally record-breaking westerly wind burst will continue traversing the Pacific through mid-June. This may generate an…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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Claim 13: “Africa's Sahel area, which has been extra dry, is likely to get more than normal rain”
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