File photo: Illustrative archival photo: Earth, Apollo 17 (1972); not a 2026 Copernicus temperature map / Harrison Schmitt / Apollo 17 / NASA / public domain; resized and letterboxed / Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Blue_Marble,_AS17-148-22727.jpg
NEW World · 06:11
Copernicus: 2026 virtually certain to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial
The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said on 6 November that 2026 is virtually certain to finish more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the second such calendar year after 2024, after the warmest October on record.