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Climate change is the worst. Here's just how bad it got this year.

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This year is on track to become the warmest year since records began.

It's the first year that global temperatures have been 1.5 degrees Celsius ( 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit ) above preindustrial levels.

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels also reached a new record high.

The year started with one of the strongest El Niño events on record.