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Global average temperatures last year were tied for the hottest on record, capping what was also the planet's hottest decade ever recorded, according to ne
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2020 was one of the two warmest years on record, tied only with 2016.
According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, in 2020, average temperatures globally were 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.25 degrees Celsius) warmer than preindustrial levels the point at which scientists agree that human activity, and particularly the burning of fossil fuels, began to accelerate global warming.
The impacts of the record heat have been felt both around the globe and in the United States. Historic wildfires burned in California, Colorado, Australia, and the Amazonian rainforest. The Atlantic hurricane season produced a record 30 named storms.