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Sunday, July 21 was the hottest day ever measured, according to new data from the European Union's Copernicus climate service.
Copernicus has kept records since 1940. Other European and U.S. agencies have records that go back as far as 1880. And the climate signatures in tree rings and ancient ice cores also suggest that the high temperatures these last few years are a high point for the last 120,000 years. Copernicus says the sudden jump in the average was largely due to unusually high temperatures in Antarctica. Earth's polar regions are heating more quickly than other parts of the globe, which scientists think happens because of feedback loops: They're losing snow and ice that reflects sunlight and has typically kept the regions colder, and more warmth melts more of that snow and ice.
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