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2018 Fourth Warmest Year in Continued Warming Trend, According to NASA, NOAA

Posted on February 7, 2019 Updated on February 7, 2019

Animated GIF on change in temperature 1880-2018 — In 2018, the temperature was 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the average from 1951 to 1980. (Animated GIF) Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Ahead of tomorrow’s press teleconference on climate change and global warming, NASA just released its 2018 statistics on temperature readings worldwide.

Earth’s global surface temperatures were the fourth warmest since 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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