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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to C3S, 2019 was the ____ hottest year on record ever?
A
2nd
B
5th
C
7th
D
8th
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -2022 was a year of climatic extremes, such as droughts or floods, record temperatures and concentrations of greenhouse gases, according to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), which rank it as the second warmest year in Europe and the fifth globally, after 2016, 2020 and 2019 and 2017.

Detailed explanation-2: -The eight warmest years on record have now occurred since 2014, the scientists, from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, reported, and 2016 remains the hottest year ever.

Detailed explanation-3: -The highest temperatures occurred in Churu, Rajasthan, reaching up to 50.8 °C (123.4 °F), a near record high in India, missing the record of 51.0 °C (123.8 °F) set in 2016 by a fraction of a degree.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most significant factor was that earlier this year, El Niño warm weather conditions formed on the Pacific, causing warmer-than-average weather conditions.

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