(CNN) Global average temperatures last year were tied for the hottest on record, capping what was also the planet's hottest decade ever recorded, according to new data analysis released Friday. The new analysis comes from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service, one of several datasets which track global temperatures and climate change impacts. Last year's temperatures were 0.6 degrees Celsius (1.08 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the 1981 to 2010 average, and 1.25 degrees Celsius (2.25 degrees Fahrenheit) above the pre-industrial average. New data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service shows that 2020 tied 2016 as the hottest year on record. Many of those storms carried the fingerprints of climate change , which scientists say is making hurricanes more destructive.

Source: CNN January 08, 2021 07:41 UTC