Geneva – AFP
The United Nations confirmed, on Wednesday, that the past seven years were the warmest on record, adding that temperatures in 2021 remained high despite the cooling effect caused by the climatic “La Niña” phenomenon.
The United Nations World Meteorological Organization said the seven warmest years were all from 2015.
Despite the fact that two consecutive La Niña events captured global attention for much of the year, 2021 is still on the list of the seven hottest years ever.
The term “La Niña” refers to the widespread cooling of surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, with significant impacts on weather conditions worldwide. This phenomenon, which often has the opposite effects of El Niño, usually occurs every two to seven years, but it has occurred twice since 2020.
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