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A Look Back: How Heat Shaped 2020

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By most accounts, 2020 has been a rough year for the planet. It was the warmest year on record, just barely exceeding the record set in 2016 by less than a tenth of a degree according to NASA’s analysis. Massive wildfires scorched Australia, Siberia, and the United States’ west coast – and many of the fires were still burning during the busiest Atlantic hurricane season on record.

Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/the-climate-events-of-2020-show-how-excess-heat-is-expressed-on-earth

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Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio
Lead Producer: Katie Jepson (USRA)
Lead Producer: Kathryn Mersmann (USRA)
Lead Writer: Jessica Merzdorf (Telophase)
Lead Writer: Sofie L. Bates (Intern)
Narration: Lesley Ott (NASA/GSFC)
Public Affairs Officer: Peter H. Jacobs (NASA/GSFC)
Lead Scientist: Gavin A. Schmidt (NASA/GSFC GISS)
Scientist: Lesley Ott (NASA/GSFC)
Lead Visualizer: Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC)
Visualizer: Trent L. Schindler (USRA)
Producer: Jefferson Beck (USRA)
Producer: Kathleen Gaeta (GSFC Interns)
Public Affairs Officer: Jacob Richmond (NASA/GSFC)

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