Temperatures and carbon dioxide up, regulations down: Environmental headlines you missed this week

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Temperatures and carbon dioxide are up, regulations are down: Environmental headlines you missed this week

May set a record for above average temperatures and CO2 is at an all-time high.

May sets records, July likely to be extra hot
Spring 2020 set records as this May was tied with 2016 for the warmest May on record in 141 years -- 1.71 degrees above average.

It also marked the 425th consecutive month, or 35 years, that temperatures were above average.

And the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says that trend isn't likely to stop with most of the U.S. facing the likelihood of a hotter-than-average summer going into July.


Don't let the pandemic fool you, CO2 is at an all-time high
Despite reports early in the pandemic that keeping everybody at home led to reductions in pollution and wildlife reclaiming the streets, the gas that traps heat and adds to those record-high temperatures is at an all-time high.


Carbon dioxide levels in 2018 were higher than any other point in recorded history, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.Carbon dioxide levels in 2018 were higher than any other point in recorded history, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NASA

Carbon dioxide reached its highest level in 800,000 years, according to NASA.

If levels continue to rise, the climate could face more above-average temperatures and other changes that would become more difficult to reverse.

Much more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/temperatures-carbon-dioxide-regulations-environmental-headlines-missed-week/story?id=71583312