NOAA: 2022 ranked the sixth-warmest year on record globally
It was the 46th straight year in which the annual global temperature was above average
NOAA reports 2022 was Earth's 6th-warmest year on recordROANOKE, Va. – 2022 in our area wasn’t even in the top 10 for warmest on record. The earth—as a whole—saw something different.
NOAA’s State of the Climate Thursday concluded that 2022 was the planet’s sixth-warmest year on record. (Data goes back to 1880.)
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NASA and The European Commission both ranked 2022 as the globe’s fifth-warmest on record.
It’s the 46th straight year of above-average temperatures across the globe. NOAA also states that all top-10 warmest years have occurred since 2010.
Other notable items from the report include:
Antarctic sea ice nearing record lows
global ocean heat content hitting a record high
You can read the report in its entirety by clicking here.
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