According to researchers, temperatures have risen by around 0.26 degrees due to human activity in the last decade alone — a record high since measurements began. The Earth is getting hotter and hotter, and human activities are contributing to this.

According to a report, human-caused global warming is increasing faster than at any point since instrumental records began. In the last decade alone, from 2014 to 2023, temperatures rose by around 0.26 degrees as a result of human activities, writes a team in the report Indicators of Global Climate Change (IGCC). This is a record high in measurements dating back to the 19th century, according to the international group led by Piers Forster of the University of Leeds, published in the journal Earth System Science Data. In the preceding decade, from 2004 to 2013, warming amounted to around 0.20 degrees, according to the university…

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