654298 external_news 1641929946 1641929946 A new analysis by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, which tracks global temperature and other climate indicators, found 2021 was the fifth-warmest year on record. Earth’s average temperature is around 1.1 degrees Celsius above average pre-industrial levels, and that's a "conservative" estimate, according to Kim Cobb, Georgia Power Chair, ADVANCE Professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and director of Georgia Tech's Global Change Program. (Cobb was not involved in the analysis.)

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