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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Julia Musto

Earth is likely to have its hottest year on record – again

This year is likely to be Earth’s hottest on record once again, according to NASA’s chief climate scientist.

Dr. Gavin Schmidt, the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, wrote on social media Tuesday that new data from September had made it “almost certain to be a new annual surface temperature record.”

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