The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: 'Bigger shocks are on the way'

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An Associated Press report examines growing scientific alarm that the planet is approaching climate catastrophes on a scale once confined to fiction. Earth was 1.44 degrees Celsius warmer in 2025 than the early 1800s, and researchers point to coral bleaching and Amazon degradation as tipping points already crossing from theory into fact. Scientists say the question is not whether a major climatic event happens but when, and that no country is truly prepared.