2020 tied with 2016 for Earth's hottest year, as global warming overpowered La Nina
2020 tied with 2016 for Earth’s hottest year, as global warming overpowered La Niña Andrew Freedman © Copernicus Climate Service Global average surface temperature departures from average in 2020 versus the 1981-2010 average. (Copernicus Climate Change Service) The year 2020 tied with 2016 for the planet’s warmest on record, capping off the warmest decade ever observed, according to new data released Friday by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, a program of the European Commission. Each of past six years has been hotter than all of the years before 2015 in a t...
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