The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. January 17, 2023 Meteorologists Forecast Global Heating Will Accelerate in 2024 -------------------------------------------------------------- Climate scientists are predicting the world will see record heat waves over the next two years due to a combination of climate change and El Niņo, a natural climate cycle that drives global temperatures higher. Climate scientist James Hansen and his colleagues recently said, "We suggest that 2024 is likely to be off the chart as the warmest year on record." .