2019 Enters the Record Books as Second Warmest Year

Everywhere scientists look, from the surface of the land to deep in the oceans, the long-term trend of global warming is unequivocal — as is the cause: us.

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By Tom Yulsman
Jan 16, 2020 2:15 AMJan 16, 2020 2:19 AM
Global Warming During 2019
This is how temperatures varied from the long-term mean during 2019, according to a just-released analysis from NASA.

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Four independent analyses of the global climate released today have found 2019 to be the second warmest year on record.

With temperatures 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit (0.98 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 1951 to 1980 mean, the year just finished was second only to 2016 in terms of global warming, according to the analysis by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

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