Storm-plagued Mexico faces the music as warming continues apace
Friday, 20 June 2025 () Mexico City (AFP) June 19, 2025
In the scant seven years from 2017, when "Despacito" was a reggaeton smash hit, the average temperature in continental Mexico rose nearly 0.5 degrees Celsius (0.8 Fahrenheit). This rate of warming was almost twice as fast as in the 47 years from 1977, when "Hotel California" by The Eagles was a chart topper for a different generation. Scientist Francisco Estrada Porrua leads a project us