Data shows 2024 will be the hottest year on record and the first year to exceed the 1.5 degree Celsius limit for global warming

Firefighters continue to battle wildfires in Pacific Palisades, California, on January 7. (Photo credit: David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images) Global warming in 2024 will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels for the first time, according to…