The past 12 months ranging from November 2022 to October this year were the hottest months on record, according to data crunched by analysts at the nonprofit Climate Central. Approximately 25% of people globally faced extreme heat waves driven by pollution, the nonprofit states, and five cities in the United States were among those with the most extreme heat days. Nick Bond, the Washington state climatologist based at the University of Washington, said the report does not come as a surprise. "No matter how you cut it, the last 12 months have been extraordinarily warm [globally]," Bond said. "Apologies for belaboring the obvious, perhaps, but as greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise, those effects will continue to be felt." Read the full story: https://www.king5.com/article/tech/science/environment/earth-records-hottest-12-months-ever-climate-central/281-b4a88afa-3942-4def-99ec-2e50809e328f