By Shanna Hanbury January 2025 was the warmest January on record, surpassing the previous record set by January 2024, according to satellite data from the EU’s Copernicus program. The findings were unexpected as ongoing La Niña conditions in the Pacific typically cool down global temperatures.

Scientists hoped the emergence of La Nina will slow down the record breaking global warming, but last month broke the record by 0.1C.

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The past two years have seen month after month become the planet's hottest recorded. Climate scientists say human-produced greenhouse gases account for the majority of the warming.

The planet recorded yet another monthly heat record in January, according to the Copernicus European climate service.This happened despite unusually cold conditions in the United States, a cooling La Niña,