Humans drive another year of record heat — U.S. report

摘要

The planet just had one of the hottest years on record, continuing a troubling trend of warmingrnthat government scientists said is largely driven by human activity.rnScientists pointed to a series of troubling new measures of a warming world, including recordlowrnsea ice in Antarctica and the Arctic. 2017 was the 41st consecutive year of above-averagerntemperatures, meaning people who are younger than 40 have never lived in a world wherernglobal sea and land surface temperatures were not above the 20th-century average. Of the 18rnhottest years on record, 17 occurred since 2001. The six hottest years have happened sincern2010.