Global warming nearly twice as fast in past decade, new climate study finds

A recent study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) reveals that global warming has nearly doubled in pace over the past decade compared to previous decades. Analyzing multiple global temperature datasets—including those from NASA, NOAA, HadCRUT, Berkeley Earth, and ERA5—the researchers found that the planet has warmed by approximately 0.35°C per decade since 2015, compared to just under 0.2°C per decade between 1970 and 2015. By filtering out natural climate variability factors such as El Niño, volcanic eruptions, and solar activity, the study highlights a clear and statistically significant acceleration in warming beginning around 2013-2015, with over 98% statistical certainty. The study also examined the exceptionally warm years of 2023 and 2024, confirming they remain the hottest on record even after adjusting for natural influences. Using two statistical models, the researchers identified a distinct shift in the warming rate in the early 2010