Last Year’s Overall Climate Was Shaped by Warming-Driven Heat Extremes Around the Globe

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By Katelyn WeisbrodJan 14, 2022, 5:05 am451 ptsHot
A quarter of the world’s population experienced a record-warm year in 2021, research shows. By Bob Berwyn Earth’s annual average temperature checkup can mask a lot of the details of the climate record over the previous year, and 2021 showed that deadly heat-related climate extremes happen, even if it’s…

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