Last seven years 'warmest on record'

BRUSSELS - The last seven years have been the warmest on record globally, the European Union’s (EU) climate monitoring service said on Monday.

Last year was the fifth-hottest year on record, marginally warmer than 2015 and 2018.

In the EU, the maximum temperature record was reported in Sicily this summer (48.8°C).

The EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service also reported that global concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane continued to increase in 2021.

 

 

 

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