Why LA is on fire (it’s not just climate change)

By Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition

The fires that have engulfed Los Angeles cap the hottest decade in history.

Each year in the last ten was record-warm, but 2024 was the warmest ever recorded. Last year, Earth was 1.6°C hotter than the temperature average of the late 19th century, which was before widespread fossil fuel burning had significantly altered the climate.

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~	Taiwan: First execution since 2020 a shameful setback

~	Egypt: Prominent human rights defender Hossam Bahgat summoned for interrogations

~	All change! Why England’s public transport system could look very different very quickly

~	How the UK’s plans for AI could derail net zero – the numbers explained

~	The hidden health risk of having your hair washed

~	Elon Musk is elevating Trump’s foreign policy of deliberate disruption to a new level

~	Trump, Truss and the age of vaulting ambition

~	AI-based technology could reduce the number of controversial decisions in boxing

~	Gaza ceasefire: fragile deal offers hope for peace but could still fall apart

~	Proposed EU Bill Could Unravel Corporate Accountability Laws