2019 was the second hottest year on record and ended the hottest decade in history
PARIS - , the European Union's climate monitoring service said Wednesday.
Data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service showed that worldwide temperatures last year were second only to 2016, in which temperatures were boosted by an exceptionally strong El Nino weather event. The five warmest years in record have all occurred in the last five years and the period of 2010-2019 was the hottest decade since records began, C3S said.Globally temperatures in 2019 were 0.6 Celsius warmer than the 1981-2010 average. Earth's temperature over the last five years was 1.1C-1.2C hotter than pre-industrial times.
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