Oof! 2020: A Hot Year For The Record Books

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🗓️ 22 December 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Nearly tied with 2016 for the hottest year on record, 2020 was hot, hot, hot! NPR climate reporters Rebecca Hersher and Lauren Sommer explain why more heat trapped in the atmosphere means longer heat waves, less ice in the Arctic, bigger wildfires, and more powerful hurricanes.

For more reporting on the hottest decade, check out this story.

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0:00.0	Hey, M. Quick question.
0:02.1	Okay.
0:02.6	Do you know what I love most about this time of year?
0:06.7	Uh, I don't know.
0:08.6	Bacon cookies, dressing up your dog.
0:10.6	Oh, buying me presents.
0:12.6	I do love given presies, for sure, but no, Emily.
0:16.6	My favorite thing about this time of year
0:18.2	is crushing the competition.
0:20.6	Well, you're in luck, Maddie,
0:22.2	so if I have, because we've still got some time
0:24.6	to pull ahead and drive the most donation referrals
0:28.6	of all NPR podcasts for member stations
0:31.4	all around the country, that's right.
0:32.9	We are just behind the podcast up first.
0:35.4	And sure, that podcast has been around
0:38.4	for a couple more years than us.
0:40.0	And yeah, they do have one of the biggest audiences
0:43.7	in the country.
0:44.7	But who do you trust to report on weird mold
0:47.8	that grows on twinkies or the tiny mites
0:50.3	that live on your face?
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