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Arctic sizzled in 2020, the warmest year for Europe too

Arctic sizzled in 2020, the warmest year for Europe too

Record-breaking Arctic heat

Europeendured record heat and rainfall lastyearwhile temperatures inArcticSiberia soared off the charts, the European Union's climate monitoring service reported Thursday.

The continent in2020was nearly half a degree Celsius hotter than the nextwarmestyear, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).

That meansEuropewas more than 2C warmer than in a world unaltered by carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels -- and far above the temperature limits enshrined in the Paris climate accord.

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The 2015 treaty enjoins nearly 200 nations to cap global warming at "well below" two degrees compared to mid-19th century levels, and 1.5C if possible.

Globally, average surface temperatures have risen about 1.2C above the pre-industrial benchmark, the report noted.

The six years since 2015 are thewarmeston record, as are 20 of the last 21, clear evidence of a feverish planet.