The last seven years have been the hottest in the modern record with 2021 being the fifth-warmest due to rising levels of carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere, causing a string of natural disasters.
The new data released by Copernicus, the European earth monitoring program, showed that last year global average temperatures were 1.1-1.2C above the pre-industrial average (1850-1900), making it slightly cooler than 2019 and 2020 but still much warmer than preceding decades.
Climate change was responsible for the rising temperatures, said Vincent-Henri Peuch, director of atmosphere monitoring at Copernicus.
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