The Hottest Decade In Known History

Exhibit 9,172 that global warming is an urgent threat

Chis Cillizza, January 15, 2020 (CNN)

“…[2019 barely missed being the hottest year ever recorded on planet Earth, and closed] the hottest decade ever…[and the newest data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration shows] that the past five years were the five hottest in the 140 years that we have been measuring the planetary temperature…

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…The Earth's temperature is now 2 degrees warmer than it was, on mean, between 1951 and 1980 -- evidence of the relatively rapid heating…[The starkness of the studies correlates with the rising number of people] who see climate change as not just an issue but the issue of our times…The Point: The numbers on climate change just keep getting worse. The question is whether politicians are willing to do anything about it…” click here for more

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