Think it’s hot now? The next five years will smash records, UN says (opens in new tab)

Residents transport drinking water from Humaita to the Paraizinho community, along the dry Madeira River, a tributary of the Amazon River, during the dry season, Amazonas state, Brazil, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)2026-05-28T04:03:17Z WASHINGTON (AP) — In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections.The ...