2020 likely to be hottest year on record
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This year is predicted to be the warmest on record, with the first three months already the second warmest to date, behind only 2016, when a strong El Niño* effect – absent in 2020 – fuelled rising temperatures
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ESTIMATED GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGE SINCE 1880 (°C) 3

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March 2020

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SELECTED SIGNIFICANT CLIMATE CHANGE ANOMALOIES (March 2020) 

Arctic: Sea ice extent 4.2% below 1981-2010 average

U.S.: 10th warmest March on record

Caribbean: 2nd warmest March on record

Europe: 6th warmest March on record

Asia: 4th warmest March, up 2.5°C

Australia: Above average temperatures

Antarctic: Sea ice extent near average, ending 41-month streak of below average monthly extent

South America: Warmest March on record
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Sources: NASA, NOAA, USA Today    *Cyclical warming of Pacific Ocean © GRAPHIC NEWS