2019 was Europe’s hottest year, says climate change group
The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service found record levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
22 April 2020 - 13:27
Last year was the hottest on record in Europe, extending a run of exceptionally warm years driven by record levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere, according to a new study released on Earth Day on Wednesday.
Europe’s average annual temperature hit a record high last year, exceeding the previous hottest years on record, which were 2014, 2015 and 2018, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), said in its annual European State of the Climate report...
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