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hatrack

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Mon Dec 7, 2020, 09:18 AM Dec 2020

Copernicus: November 2020 Hottest Global November On Record; 2020 "Almost Certain" 2B Hottest Ever

November 2020 has been the world’s warmest since records began, and this year is on track to become the hottest year overall, according to the European Union’s climate monitoring service Copernicus.

Europe experienced its warmest autumn on record, while the Arctic and Siberia continued to be “significantly” warmer than average, scientists from the Copernicus Climate Change Service said.

Meanwhile, Arctic sea ice saw its second-lowest November extent.

The service said by the end of the year, it is “almost certain” 2020 will become the hottest calendar year on record overall. For Europe, 2020 is 0.5C warmer than the January - November period for 2019, the warmest calendar year on record, and at least 0.4C warmer than the average temperature in 2006 which was previously the warmest autumn.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-crisis-november-warmest-2020-b1767263.html

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