Antarctic sea ice coverage shrank to a record low
The world continued its relatively warm start to 2022, with February ranking as the seventh-warmest February in the climate record.
Last month also wrapped up an extremely warm December – February season for the planet, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. Here’s more from NOAA’s latest monthly global climate report:
Climate by the numbers: February 2022 | Season (December 2021 – February 2022)
The February global land and ocean surface temperature was 1.46 degrees F (0.81 of a degree C) above the 20th-century average, ranking as the seventh-warmest February in the climate record.
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