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Is it really hotter now than any time in 100,000 years?

  • Written by Darrell Kaufman, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Northern Arizona University
Is it really hotter now than any time in 100,000 years?Recent heat waves underscore Earth's new climate state.Sean Gladwell via Getty Images

As scorching heat grips large swaths of the Earth, a lot of people are trying to put the extreme temperatures into context and asking: When was it ever this hot before?

Globally, 2023 has seen some of the hottest days in modern measurements, but what about farther...

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