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Department:October 16, 2020September 2020 was the hottest September on record for the globe, continuing a sweltering year.
Department:September 21, 2020Arctic sea ice extent likely reached its annual minimum for 2020 on September 15. For the second time in the satellite record, sea ice extent dipped below 1.5 million square miles (4 million square kilometers).
Department:September 15, 2020August 2020 was the second-hottest August on record, and it ended the hottest summer on record for the Northern Hemisphere.
Department:August 26, 2020Hundreds of wildfires burned through over one million acres of land in California in less than two weeks in August. The resulting smoke has not only worsened air quality across the state but spread across the country.
Department:August 20, 2020Wildfires across Colorado during summer 2020 has led to the shutdown of the major thoroughfare across the state and billowed smoke for hundreds of miles.
Department:August 17, 2020July 2020 was the second-warmest July on record for the globe, as 2020 continues its scorching path to one of the hottest years on record.
Department:August 12, 2020Record-high sea level, noteworthy extreme weather, and rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and oceans are just a few of the hundreds of highlights from Earth's annual checkup.
Department:August 4, 2020Join three heat experts to talk about how we map, monitor, and lessen the impacts of urban heat islands.
Department:July 14, 2020June 2020 broke the streak of each month being warmest or second warmest on record by being only the third-warmest June on record.
Department:July 1, 2020July temperatures are favored to be in the warmest third of the recent climate record for much of the U.S. In the drought-stricken Southwest, the odds of well below average precipitation are higher than the odds of an average or wetter-than-average July.
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