Gone for an Americano.
“There is unequivocal evidence that Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate.”
Is it becoming hotter every year due to global warming?
ChatGPT: one answer — “So the simplest answer is”. Moka Pot: 5 people, different perspectives — 3 say yes, 2 say it depends.
Same question, both asked the same day: ChatGPT in a private window, Moka Pot as it is. Informative, but not personalised — no faces, no one who has been there. We are not saying it is not useful. It is non-human.
ChatGPT
One answer. No one behind it.
Yes — Earth is getting hotter overall because of global warming, although it does not mean every single year or every single place will be hotter than the year before.
The evidence is very strong:
- The last 11 years (2015–2025) are the 11 hottest years ever recorded.
- 2024 was the hottest year on record.
- 2025 was slightly cooler than 2024, but it was still the 2nd or 3rd hottest year on record, depending on the dataset.
- The oceans are also continuing to accumulate heat, which is an important sign that this isn't simply a temporary change in air temperature.
Why isn't every year hotter than the previous one?
Because global warming is a long-term trend, while weather varies from year to year. Phenomena such as El Niño and La Niña can temporarily push global temperatures up or down. For example, La Niña helped make 2025 cooler than 2024, but the underlying warming trend continued.
Think of it like a staircase with some steps going slightly down: the overall staircase is still going upward.
And yes, humans are the main reason
Burning coal, oil and gas, along with other human activities, increases greenhouse gases such as CO₂. These gases trap additional heat in Earth's climate system. NASA says the preponderance of evidence shows that human activities are making the planet warmer.
So the simplest answer is:
🌍 Yes. The planet is warming, and the long-term trend is clearly upward. But natural climate variability means individual years can still be cooler than the year before.
Moka Pot
5 people. Different perspectives: 3 say yes, 2 say it depends.
says yes says no no mark: it depends
“For most of its 4.5-billion-year history, our planet was too warm for polar ice.”
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Global warming is happening, but not statistically ‘surging,’ new study findsOctober 2024
“The new study, published in the journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment, confirms the broad consensus that the planet is getting warmer but at a statistically steady rate — not at a sufficiently accelerated rate that could be statistically defined as a “surge.”
Gone for a latte.
“Global warming has sped up since around 2015, according to a new analysis from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).”
“Countries around the world have all been experiencing a general increase in temperature throughout the year, with new record-high numbers making the news every summer.”