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2020 Was One Of Three Warmest Years On Record: UN Weather Agency All five datasets surveyed by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) concur that 2011-2020 was the warmest decade on record, in a persistent long-term climate change trend.
Updated: January 15, 2021 8:31 pm IST
The warmest six years have all been since 2015, with 2016, 2019 and 2020 being the top three. (File)
United Nations:
The year 2020 was one of the three warmest years on record and rivalled 2016 for the top spot, indicating the pace of the human-induced climate change which is now as powerful as the force of nature, the UN weather agency has said.
All five datasets surveyed by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) concur that 2011-2020 was the warmest decade on record, in a persistent long-term climate change trend.
2020 was the second hottest year on record according to NOAA.
All of the top ten warmest years on record since the late 1800s have occurred since 2005. The top five have all been since 2015. Every year since 1977 has been warmer than the 20
th Century average. You get the idea.
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Global temperatures in 2020 were among the highest on record and rivalled 2016 as the hottest year ever, according to international data compiled by the World Meteorological Organization and released on Thursday.
The heat came even as a global economic slowdown from the Covid-19 pandemic cut deeply into emissions from fossil fuels, adding evidence that carbon dioxide concentrations already in the atmosphere have set the planet on a warming track.
The WMO report included data from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the UK Met Office, both of which ranked 2020 as the second-warmest year on record, as a cooling trend called La Ninaa failed to tame global temperatures. NASA, whose data was also included, said 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year on record.