In 2016 the average temperature of the Earth's surface was 1.01 °C above the 1951–1980 average, the highest since reliable global records began in 1880. Each new record shows how much the planet has warmed since the industrial era, mainly because of greenhouse gases released by burning coal, oil and gas. It took place in 2016.
Before and after
- 2016Discovery of Valetudo
- 2016Mass coral bleaching strikes the Great Barrier Reef
- 2016Known exoplanets pass 2,000
- 2016Known exoplanets pass 3,000
- 20162016 becomes the warmest year on record
- from 2 January 2016 to 26 January 2016Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
- 10 January 2016Death of David Bowie
- 16 January 20162016 Ouagadougou attacks
- from 18 January 2016 to 29 January 2016January 2016 United States winter storm
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The era
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