PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Researchers at Oregon State University are sounding the alarm in a new report on climate change.

The year 2024 was the hottest on record, or at least in the last 124,000 years, according to a new report from an OSU-led international coalition of scientists. The findings were published last week in the academic journal BioScience.

"Without effective strategies, we will rapidly encounter escalating risks that threaten to overwhelm systems of peace, governance, and public and ecosystem health," said co-lead author William Ripple, a professor of ecology at Oregon State University.

"In short, we'll be on the fast track to climate-driven chaos, a dangerous trajectory for humanity," he said.

In the paper, 34 vital signs are used as key metrics of the planet's health. T

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