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Past eight years: Warmest since modern recordkeeping began

Posted: 13 Jan 2022 08:01 PM PST

Earth's global average surface temperature in 2021 tied with 2018 as the sixth warmest on record, according to independent analyses done by NASA and NOAA. Collectively, the past eight years are the warmest years since modern recordkeeping began in 1880.