The second hottest year in the history of the world

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The second hottest year in the history of the world

Striking data from the European Union's Climate Monitoring Service

 

The year 2019 marks the second hottest year in history and puts an end to the hottest decade to date, according to the European Union's Climate Monitoring Service.

Figures released by the Climate Change Service show that last year's global temperatures were the second highest since 2016, during which temperatures were elevated by an exceptionally large meteorological event in El Nino.

The average temperature in 2019 was just a few hundredths below the 2016 level.

The five warmest years have been recorded in the last five years and the period 2010-2019 is the hottest decade since the beginning of the observation period.

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Worldwide temperatures in 2019 were 0.6 degrees Celsius warmer than average for 1981-2010. The Earth's temperature over the last five years has been 1.1C-1.2C hotter than pre-industrial times.

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Last year was the hottest in Europe.

"2019 was another extremely warm year, in fact the second warmest in the world in our database, with many breaking records in many months," said Carlo Buontempo, C3S chief.

He also said atmospheric carbon concentrations continue to rise in 2019.