'Terrifying' Hot Streak Continues as NOAA Says 2021 6th Warmest Year on Record

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'Terrifying' Hot Streak Continues as NOAA Says 2021 6th Warmest Year on Record
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'In 2022, we need bold leaders who prioritize the well-being of people and the planet, not incrementalism or regression from those beholden to the fossil fuel industry.'

Both NASA and NOAA noted that the average global temperature last year was about 1.5°C above the 20th-century figures used by each agency.

While NOAA's findings indicate that"the years 2013-2021 all rank among the 10-warmest years on record," Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, highlighted the similarities found by the government scientists over the past decade. Pointing out that"scientific research shows the deadly 2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave, for example, would've been virtually impossible without climate change," Dahl declared that"it's time for policymakers to take decisive actions and pass policies that sharply rein in heat-trapping emissions, such as the Build Back Better Act."

Surveys conducted from October 2008 to September 2021 grouped respondents into six categories. As the researchers explained in a statement: Over the past five years, the Alarmed segment has nearly doubled, jumping from 18% to 33%, including a rise of nine percentage points between March and September of last year.

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