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2021

Last Year’s Overall Climate Was Shaped by Warming-Driven Heat Extremes Around the Globe

A quarter of the world’s population experienced a record-warm year in 2021, research shows.

By Bob Berwyn

A man stands by fans spraying air mixed with water to cool down along a street in Baghdad on June 30, 2021 amidst a severe heat wave. Credit: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images

US Emissions Surged in 2021: Here’s Why in Six Charts

By Ariel Gans

Evacuated resident April Phillips wipes her face while watching a family dog at an evacuation center for the Dixie Fire at Lassen Community College in Susanville, California on Aug. 6, 2021. Phillips and her family were living in their cars and were told it would be at least 10 days before they could return home during the second-worst wildfire in California's history. Credit: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

The Year in Climate Photos

By Katelyn Weisbrod

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