January was fifth hottest on record despite cold snap: EU monitor

The planet experienced its fifth-hottest January on record despite a cold snap that swept across the United States and Europe, the EU’s climate monitor said Tuesday. The Northern Hemisphere was hit by severe cold waves in the final weeks of January as a polar jet stream blew icy air into Europe and North America, according […] The post January was fifth hottest on record despite cold snap: EU monitor appeared first on Digital Journal.