The decade that just ended was by far the hottest ever measured on Earth, and 2019 was the second-warmest year on record, two U.S. agencies reported. The decade had eight of the 10 hottest years on record.
NASA’s Schmidt said that overall, Earth is now about 1.2 degrees C hotter since the beginning of the industrial age, a number that is important because in 2015 global leaders adopted a goal of preventing 1.5 C of warming since the rise of big industry in the mid- to late 1800s. He said that shows the global goal can’t be achieved.
Scientists said the the decade-long data is more telling than the year-to-year measurements, where natural variations such as El Nino, the periodic warming of the Pacific Ocean, come into play. Parts of Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and South America had record-high temperatures in 2019, as did Alaska, New Zealand and New Mexico, NOAA said. Alaska was 6.2 degrees warmer than average, at 32.2 F. It was the first time in recorded history that Alaska’s average annual temperature was above freezing.
If you want to know what this means for people and the world, just look at wildfire-stricken Australia, Schmidt and others said.
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