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2024 was the hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA confirm

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It’s the 11th consecutive year in which a new heat record has been set, NASA says.

Global warming is contributing significantly to larger and more intense wildfires in the western U.S. Firefighters are battling to protect NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge from the Eaton fire, which has burned 13,690 acres and roughly 5,000 buildings thus far.

“That’s something that brings us no joy to tell people, but unfortunately that’s the case.” Times staff writer Ian James contributed to this report. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times ..

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