Earth Had Its Second-Warmest Year on Record in 2019, NOAA and NASA Say
At a Glance NOAA says 2019 was Earth's second-warmest year on record.All of Earth's six-hottest years have occurred since 2014.The long-term trend of Earth's warming climate since the late 1970s continues. Earth had its second-warmest year on record in 2019, marking an unprecedented run of six consecutive years where global temperatures were the highest on record, according to a NOAA released Wednesday. The average global temperature across all of Earth's land and ocean surfaces was 0.95 degrees Celsius above the...