Warm Arctic temperatures drive 2020 to equal world’s hottest year on record

Tuesday January 12, 2021

Thinning Arctic ice, more storms in the North Atlantic and record heat across Australia during La Niña during 2020 were some of the trademarks of the world’s equal-hottest year on record, experts have warned.

Warmer Arctic weather contributing to 2020 equalling the hottest year on record. Photo: Willian Justen de Vasconcellos/Unsplash

The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said the past six years have been the world’s hottest years on record, and last year equalled 2016.

Copernicus Climate Change Service director Carlo Buontempo called…

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