{"672034":{"#nid":"672034","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Earth\u0027s hottest year was 2023. Here it is in graphs and photos","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhile 2023 has already been called the world\u0027s hottest year, the full set of climate data up to December 31 shows global temperatures reached \u0022exceptionally\u0022 high levels last year, according to the\u0026nbsp;European Union\u0027s key climate service.\u0026nbsp;It found Earth was 1.48 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels, with temperatures during the year overtaking the previous record set in 2016 by a large margin. This story offers a glimpse of some of the defining events from the world\u0027s hottest year in pictures and charts. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/bracco-dr-annalisa\u0022\u003EAnnalisa Bracco\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;said it was \u0022very plausible\u0022 that intensely warm ocean temperatures aided several of these events, including extreme rainfall and severe coral bleaching, although formal studies would be required to confirm it.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhile 2023 has already been called the world\u0027s hottest year, the full set of climate data up to December 31 shows global temperatures reached \u0022exceptionally\u0022 high levels last year, according to the\u0026nbsp;European Union\u0027s key climate service.\u0026nbsp;It found Earth was 1.48 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels, with temperatures during the year overtaking the previous record set in 2016 by a large margin. This story offers a glimpse of some of the defining events from the world\u0027s hottest year in pictures and charts. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/bracco-dr-annalisa\u0022\u003EAnnalisa Bracco\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;said it was \u0022very plausible\u0022 that intensely warm ocean temperatures aided several of these events, including extreme rainfall and severe coral bleaching, although formal studies would be required to confirm it.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2024-01-11 14:42:51","changed_gmt":"2024-01-11 14:42:51","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Australian Broadcasting Company ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2024-01-10\/2023-earths-hottest-year-on-record\/103258396","dateline":{"date":"2024-01-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-01-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"171968","name":"Annalisa Bracco"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"173794","name":"ocean warming"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}