2 minutes agoNASA: 2020, the hottest in history
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)U.S. Space Research Agency, NASA said last year was the hottest year in history. Global warming affected this record, which brought high temperatures, great hurricanes, and numerous fires in the wild. NASA reported that the average global temperature on land and oceans during 2020 [...]
NASA reported that the average global temperature on earth and oceans during 2020 was the highest ever recorded, passing the 2016 record for less than one tenth and one degree.
However, because of various methods used during research, the National Ocean and Atmosphere Administration of the United States estimated it to be the second hotest one after 2016. In second place in 2020, the Meteorological Office of Great Britain was also established.
Despite these minor differences, all data again showed the trend of warming the planet because of the burning of fuels, deforestation, and other human activities, writes The GuardianReport Express.
Earth's seven warmest years have been marked in 2014, while the warmest ten years have been marked in the last 15 years. Now it is 44 years in a row that have had global temperatures above the average of the 20th century.
Scientists say the climate crisis is dramatically changing environmental processes worldwide. The average annual size of the ice is now the smallest ever recorded. The average annual snow layer in the northern hemisphere was the fourth lowest ever recorded.
