PARIS — Last month was the hottest January on record, Europe's climate monitor said Thursday, despite expectations that cooler La Niña conditions might quell a streak of record-breaking global temperatures.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service said January was 1.75 C hotter than pre-industrial times, extending a persistent run of history-making highs over 2023 and 2024, as human-caused greenhouse gas emissions crank up the global thermostat.
