2022 was the 6th warmest year on record!

According to a new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2022 was the sixth warmest year on record (since 1880), as planet Earth continued its worrying warming trend. Earth’s average land and ocean surface temperature in 2022 was 0.86 degrees Celsius (1.55 degrees Fahrenheit) above the 20th-century average of 13.9 degrees Celsius (57.0 degrees Fahrenheit), according to research conducted by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.

Check out this graphic from Statista to illustrate:

There is a clear warming trend over the last 46 years!