Earth just saw its second-hottest May on record, EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service says, as climate change and El Niño drive up land and sea temperatures.
The world has just experienced the second-hottest May since records began, as climate change and the developing El Niño weather pattern conspired to push up average land and sea temperatures, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said.
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