NEW YORK – Global temperature rose 50.65%, carbon dioxide rose 3.21%, and sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean fell 1.15%, according to this month’s Goaloop Climate Report, which compares statistics from April 2020 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 Goaloop.org/about and Goaloop.org/faqs.