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2021 was Earth's fifth-hottest year, scientists say ,Observer Online Desk
Last year was Earth's fifth hottest on record, European scientists
announced Tuesday. But the fact that the worldwide average temperature did not
beat the record is hardly reason to stop worrying about global warming's grip
on the planet, they said.
Not when both the United States and Europe had their warmest summers on the
books. Not when higher temperatures around the Arctic caused it to rain for the
first time at the Greenland ice sheet’s normally frigid summit.
And certainly not when the seven hottest years ever recorded were, by a clear
margin, the past seven.
The events of 2021 "are a stark reminder of the need to change our ways,
take decisive and effective steps toward a sustainable society and work toward
reducing net carbon emissions," said Carlo Buontempo, director of the
Copernicus Climate Change Service, the European Union program that conducted
the analysis made public Monday.