Global Warming From Fossil Fuels

2023 was the hottest year on record, with global average temperatures at 1.46C above pre-industrial levels and 0.13C higher than the eleven-month average for 2016, currently the warmest calendar year on record. The year was marked by six record-breaking months and two record-breaking seasons. 2024 was the hottest year on record, with the global average temperature 1.46°C above pre-industrial levels and 0.13°C above the 11-month average of 2016, which is currently the warmest calendar year on record. The year featured six record months and two record seasons. What’s more, carbon dioxide (CO2) levels have never been higher. After hovering around 280 parts per million (ppm) for nearly 6,000 years of human civilisation, atmospheric CO2 levels are now well above 420 ppm, more than double the levels before the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century. The steady annual growth is a "direct result of human activity," said NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, mostly from burning fossil fuels for transportation and electricity, and would cost billions of dollars and shut down thousands of factories to fix.