2020 rivals 2016 for hottest year on record — we got fires and other disasters in return sfchronicle.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sfchronicle.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
2020 rivals hottest year on record, pushing Earth closer to a critical climate threshold
Chris Mooney, Andrew Freedman and John Muyskens, The Washington Post
Jan. 14, 2021
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1of3Inmate firefighters watch as the El Dorado Fire burns a hillside near homes in Mountain Home Village, Calif., inside the San Bernardino National Forest on Sept. 9.Photo by Kyle Grillot for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
2of3Tarps cover homes after Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Delta landed in southwest Louisiana on Oct. 11.Photo by Callaghan O Hare for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
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The year 2020, which witnessed terrifying blazes from California to Siberia and a record number of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic, rivaled and possibly even equaled the hottest year on record, according to multiple scientific announcements Thursday.
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