The world just experienced the first full year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5C (34.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times, scientists said Friday.

The milestone was confirmed by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), which said climate change is pushing the planet’s temperature to levels never before experienced by modern humans.

“The trajectory is just incredible,” C3S director Carlo Buontempo told Reuters, describing how every…