Globally, 2020 was the hottest year on record, effectively tying 2016, the previous record. Overall, Earth’s average temperature has risen more than 2 degrees F since the 1880s. The effects of rising temperatures are felt around the world. https://go.nasa.gov/3iakW5c Heat and the energy it carries drive our planet: winds, weather, droughts, floods, and more are expressions of heat. The right amount of heat even helps make life on Earth possible. But too much heat changes how our planet’s systems