2023: a year of new climate records
The latest State of the Climate report published today [Thursday 22 August 2024] confirms that 2023 was a record year for a whole suite of climate indicators.
was the highest on record for the twelfth successive year. Antarctic sea ice reached an all-time record low during 2023. Dr Robert Dunn, of the Met Office, is one of the report’s authors and editors. Commenting on the latest report, he said: “2023 will linger long in the memory of the climate record. Heat from