April 2020 matched the warmest April on record, continuing the year’s robust global warming trend.
Above-average temperatures dominated the globe in April, the European Union Climate Change Service reported Tuesday in its monthly summary, essentially tying the exceptionally warm April in 2016. But, the agency noted temperatures were “markedly below average over large parts of North America,” including cooler spring temperatures across much of the eastern half of the U.S.
What’s the deal?
The deal is that Earth’s overall relentless heating trend will still inevitably continue this year (19 of the last 20 years are now the warmest on record) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) currently expects 2020 to be at least one of the top five warmest years in over 140 years of record-keeping, with a 75 percent chance of becoming the hottest year ever recorded. Read more…
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