The figures are in for how much the planet warmed during 2021.
The latest analysis from NASA found that the past 12 months were the sixth hottest year on record, with the planet warming by 1.1°C above the average from the start of the industrial revolution.
This means that the last eight years have been the warmest on record, continuing the long-term trend of a rapidly heating planet.
'Eight of the top 10 warmest years on our planet occurred in the last decade, an indisputable fact that underscores the need for bold action to safeguard the future of our country - and all of humanity.'
The stats from NASA and the NOAA come just days after the European Earth monitoring agency Copernicus .. https://climate.copernicus.eu/ .. released their own. This analysis also showed that the last seven years were recorded history's hottest, but with 2021 coming in at fifth rather than sixth.
The latest numbers follow the planet's long-term warming trend. The average temperature in 2020 tied with that from 2016 to be the hottest year on record, according to NASA.
Despite last year's average not being quite as high as the previous year and the European and American agencies differing slightly on where it falls in the larger trend, whether one year is hotter than the other does not really matter. What does is the long-term trend, and this is unambiguously rising at a concerning rate.
Gavin Schmidt, the Director of GISS, NASA's centre for climate modelling, says, 'The complexity of the various analyses doesn't matter because the signals are so strong.
'The trends are all the same because the trends are so large.'
While the global average might be lower than in previous years, it masks a string of record-breaking temperatures that have been recorded all around the planet.
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With many nations suffering from horrific wildfires, floods and extreme weather events, it has never been more important to try and limit future impacts.
Last year saw the leaders from most nations gather in Glasgow for COP26 .. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/november/cop26-the-second-weeks-headlines.html , where they restated commitments to keep global warming to below 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. It is thought that if this target can be met, some of the more severe impacts of climate change may be avoided.
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