Last year was the hottest year ever recorded,
marking the third year in a row that average global temperatures hit
record-setting levels, NASA and NOAA said Wednesday.
"We don't expect record years every year, but
the ongoing long-term warming trend is clear," NASA's Goddard Institute
for Space Studies Director Gavin Schmidt said in a statement.
The average temperature across global land and
ocean surfaces was 58.69 degrees Fahrenheit, 1.69 degrees above the 20th
century average, NOAA said Wednesday morning.
NASA and NOAA, which separately analyze global temperature data, have both found that global temperatures surpassed records for the past three years. Schmidt described the trend as remarkable.
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