NEW YORK – Global temperature rose 11.11%, carbon dioxide rose 3.25%, and sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean dropped 17.27%, according to this month’s Goaloop Climate Report, which compares statistics from August 2019 to those 5 years ago.

Using data collected by the NASA Goddard Institute, NOAA, and the NSIDC, the Goaloop Climate Report tracks the difference in three critical climate metrics from five years ago, each month. For more information, please see Goaloop.org/about and Goaloop.org/faqs.