By: AP | Washington |
Published: February 14, 2020 2: 36: 01 pm
Warmer temperatures mean melting snow and ice. (AP)Last month was the hottest January since scientists began keeping temperature records in 1880, US government forecasters said Thursday.
In parts of Russia, Scandinavia and eastern Canada, temperatures exceeded the old averages by 9 degrees Fahrenheit (5 C).
The hottest January after the second hottest year on record “is one of those indications that things are warming dramatically,” said University of Illinois climate scientist Don Wuebbles.
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