The world's climate is in uncharted territory, warns major report

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March 19, 2025, 12:01 AM

• •The rate of sea level rise has doubled since satellite measurements began
• •Glaciers are losing ice faster than ever
• •The 18 years with the lowest extent of summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean were the past 18 years

The World Meteorological Organization has released its annual State of the Global Climate report, which details a long list of grim records for everything from CO2 levels and temperature to sea ice loss and sea level rise. The report warns that some of the resulting changes will take hundreds or thousands of years to reverse.

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