2025 was one of the three hottest years on record, scientists find

Last year was the Earth’s second or third-hottest on record, several U.S. and global climate science organizations said. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as well as the EU’s Copernicus and the UK’s Met Office, found that 2025 was the third-hottest year recorded. NASA found that 2025 was the second-hottest year, though the numbers were so close it was…