As CO2 Levels Hit New High, Earth Experiences Its Hottest May on Record

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Andrea Germanos,
Common Dreams
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The Earth just experienced its hottest May on record, scientists said Friday — just a day after it was announced that atmospheric CO2 levels hit a new high.

Scientists at Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) announced the temperature record Friday. The agency said that globally, last month 0.63°C warmer than the 1981-2020 average for May. That tops the previous warmest May, which occurred in 2016, by 0.05°C.

The last 12-month period, C3S added, was nearly 0.7°C warmer than average.

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📢May #temperature highlights from #Copernicus#C3S:

🌡️Globally, it was the warmest May in our record, at 0.63°C above average
🌡️Although…

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