“By most accounts, 2020 has been a rough year for the planet. It was the warmest year on record, just barely exceeding the record set in 2016 by less than a tenth of a degree according to NASA’s analysis. Massive wildfires scorched Australia, Siberia, and the United States’ west coast – and many of the fires were still burning during the busiest Atlantic hurricane season on record.”
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center YouTube Channel
Watch the video above from NASA Goddard YouTube channel to learn about how heat impacted 2020 and how last year may not be an anomaly if we do not make drastic changes to reduce the impact of climate change.