2024 was reported to be the hottest year on record. The 10 hottest years on record have occurred within the last ________ years.

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2024 was reported to be the hottest year on record.  The 10 hottest years on record have occurred within the last ________ years.

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The prompt asks about climate records: 2024 was reported as the hottest year on record, and we are to identify the span of years in which the 10 hottest years on record have occurred.
Option 1: 15. This aligns with the common statement that the ten hottest years on record have all occurred within the last about 15 years, given that recent decades have seen rapid warming and multiple consecutive warm years.
Option 2: 10. While some analyses might highlight recent acceleration, saying the ten hottest years occurred within only the last 10 years would imply an extremely abrupt concentration of heat that contradicts the broader record history and published timelines, making this option dubious.
Option 3: 12. Twenty-tourish ranges show moderate recency, but 12 years would place the limit in a narrower window than some reputable summaries suggest; this makes it less likely to be the commonly cited figure compared to 15.
Option 4: 20. A 20-year window would spread the hottest years over a longer span and would typically still include many past decades of warming, which conflicts with the prevailing framing that most of the hottest years have been clustered more recently.
Option 5: 25. A quarter-century window would be even more permissive and is generally not the standard framing for the concentration of the ten hottest years; it would imply heats spread over too long a period to match common summaries.
In summary, the correct interpretation supported by climate records commonly states that the ten hottest years have occurred within a relatively short, recent window, commonly cited as around the last 15 years. The other options either understate or overstate the recency, leading to misalignment with standard summaries of the record heat trend.

ESS 101 A Examination 2 (Friday December 5th 7:00 - 8:30 PM PST)

2024 was reported to be the hottest year on record. The 10 hottest years on record have occurred within the last ________ years.

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