Pandemic backdrop to historic global temps

By Rebecca Gredley
Updated January 16 2021 - 2:04pm, first published 1:55pm
NASA says the last seven years have been the warmest seven on record.
NASA says the last seven years have been the warmest seven on record.

While the coronavirus pandemic propelled 2020 into medical history, the year's global temperatures have topped the list for being the hottest on record.

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